THANK ON BUSINESS PROFESSIONS
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL
COME TO ORDER GOOD MORNING THE
SENATE CONTINUES TO WALK FROM
THE PUBLIC AS YOU KNOW BOTH IN
PERSON AND VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE OR WORSE FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT THE PARTICIPANT
NUMBER IS. 877-226-8216 AND THE
ACCESS CODE IS. SIX TWO ONE
SEVEN ONE SIX ONE. WE'RE HOLDING
OUR COMMITTEE HEARING AS USUAL
IN OUR TEN TWENTY ONE- STREET
LOCATION ALL MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE SHOULD REPORT TO ROOM
TWENTY ONE HUNDRED SO WE WILL BE
IN A POSITION TO ESTABLISH A
QUORUM. SINCE WE'RE NOT AT THAT
POINT YET WE WILL CONTINUE AS A
SUB COMMITTEE WE HAVE ELEVEN
BILLS ON TODAY'S AGENDA THERE'S
ONE MEASURE PROPOSED FOR CONSENT
IT'S FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE AS C.
R. SEVENTY TWO. AND SO AT THIS
POINT WE WILL MOVE TO FILE ITEM
NUMBER TWO. AB EIGHT DO I HAVE
AN AUTHOR. I HAVE AUTHORS
WELCOME. PROCEED WHEN READY.
GOOD MORNING MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
IN THE PAST IF YOU WANTED TO BUY
A TICKET TO AN EVENT YOU'D GO TO
A BOX OFFICE AT THE VENUE OR THE
BALLPARK. THE BOX OFFICE WOULD
TELL YOU WHAT SEATS WERE
AVAILABLE AND THE PRICE OF THE
TICKETS COST YOU'D RECEIVE A
PAPER TICKET THAT YOU COULD THEN
USE TO ENTER THE VENUE OR GIVE
THEM AWAY OR SELL THEM AS THEY
SEE FIT. IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE
INTERNET WOULD MAKE TICKET
SELLING EVEN EASIER AND PROMOTE
GREATER TRANSPARENCY HOWEVER IT
APPEARS TO MANY TICKET BUYERS AT
EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE HAS
HAPPENED. THESE DAYS YOU MAY NOT
BE ABLE TO FIND THE FINAL PRICE
OR THE COST OF THE TICKET UNTIL
YOU'VE BEEN ONLINE SOMETIMES FOR
HOURS. AT A FINALLY SNAG A
TICKET. YOU MAY THEN WATCH THAT
TICKETS COSTS INCREASE WITH MORE
FEES ADDED AS YOU CHECK PASS
WEBPAGE AFTER WEBPAGE TELL YOU
FINALLY GET TO THE PLATE PACE
PLACE TO PAY. AVERAGE TICKET
PRICES HAVE MORE THAN TRIPLED
SINCE THE MID NINETIES AND THE
FEES THAT ARE TACKED ON EACH
TICKET CAN BE AS HIGH AS 78% OF
THE TICKET PRICE. WHAT CONSUMERS
ARE CERTAINLY FEELING THE PINCH
TICKET RETAILERS ARE DOING JUST
FINE. JUST LAST MONTH
TICKETMASTER LIVE NATION
ANNOUNCED RECORD PROFITS
REPORTING A TWENTY A TWENTY TWO
OPERATING INCOME UP A HUNDRED
AND TWENTY FIVE PERCENT. FROM
PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS TO SEVEN
HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO MILLION
DOLLARS. AND REVENUE UP 44% TO
SIXTEEN POINT SEVEN BILLION
DOLLARS. NOW WHILE THIS IS BIG
BUSINESS THE LAWS GOVERNING
TICKET RETAILERS WERE PASSED
BEFORE THE INTERNET EVEN
EXISTED. THE FACT THAT'S BECOME
EXCEEDINGLY CLEAR AS MEGA TICKET
SELLERS AND RESELLERS. HAVE USE
MORE OF THOSE RULES. TO
BASICALLY RIP OFF CONSUMERS
LOOKING TO SEE THEIR FAVORITE
ARTISTS. WHY DO TICKET SELLERS
TACK ON NEW FEES YOUR TICKET
PURCHASE WITH EACH CLICK UP A
WEB PAGE. IT'S CALLED DRIP
PRICING AND IT WAS DEVELOPED BY
BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST TO GET
CUSTOMERS TO PAY MORE. DRIP
PRICING IS NOT NEGOTIABLE YOU
MUST STILL PAY THOSE NEW FEES OR
CHARGES IN ORDER TO PURCHASE
YOUR TICKETS. IN TWO THOUSAND
FIFTEEN SHORTLY BEFORE
ABANDONING ALL IN TICKET PRICES
ONE TICKET RESELLER DID AN
EXPERIMENT. WHERE HALF THE
SHOPPERS SAW ALL IN PRICING. AND
HAVE SAW THE LOWER BASE PRICE
WITH TAXES AND FEES ONLY ADDED
AT THE END. THE LATTER STRATEGY
BOOSTED REVENUE BY TWENTY
PERCENT. DRIP PRICING WORKS WHEN
PEOPLE GET TO THE END OF THE
PROCESS THEY FEEL THAT THEY'VE
LOCKED INTO THE PURCHASE THE
BILL THEY'VE INVESTED THEIR
TIME. THEY MAY BE RELUCTANT TO
START THE PROCESS OVER OR
RELUCTANT TO ADMIT THAT THEY
COULD HAVE MADE A MISTAKE EVEN
WHEN THEY MIGHT BE SPENDING MORE
MONEY. THAN THEY HAD DECIDED
THEY WANTED TO SPEND. WE NEED TO
UPDATE THE LAW FOR HOW TICKETS
ARE SOLD TODAY TO MAKE SURE
ARTISTS PERFORMERS AND VENUES.
CAN YOU CAN REACH FANS AND SELL
TICKETS IN A TRANSPARENT AND
EASIER WAY. AB EIGHT ADDS
IMPORTANT NEW CONSUMER
PROTECTIONS AND I HAVE MY JOINT
AUTHORS ASSEMBLY MEMBER JACQUI
IRWIN TO TALK ABOUT. HOW THE
BILL HELPS CONSUMERS. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER PLEASE PROCEED TO.
SENATOR WAS THE FRUSTRATIONS
THAT CONSUMERS HAVE HAD WITH THE
TICKETING INDUSTRY IS LONG SINCE
CONSUMERS HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO
PUT THEIR TRUST IN THE TICKETING
INDUSTRY. THIS MONOPOLISTIC
INDUSTRIES BECOME EMBOLDENED IN
THEIR DECEPTIVE PRACTICES
DEPRIVING CONSUMERS OF NEEDED
TRANSPARENCY IN THE TICKET
PERCHING PURCHASING PROCESS. IN
RESPONSE TO CONSUMER
FRUSTRATIONS EIGHTY EIGHT WILL
UPDATE CURRENT LAW PROVIDING
CONSUMERS WITH TRANSPARENCY. IN
THE TICKET PURCHASING PROCESS
SPECIFICALLY ABA WILL REQUIRE
THE FULL PRICE OF THE TICKET.
AND FEES. DESPITE M. IT TO BE
DISPLAYED PRIOR TO SELECTING THE
TICKET FOR PURCHASE PROHIBITING
A TICKET PRICE FROM INCREASING
DURING THE- PURCHASING PROCESS.
THESE CONSUMER CONSUMER
PROTECTION PROVISIONS WILL APPLY
TO ALL PRIMARY AND TICKET
SELLERS. UPDATING PRIOR TO
GETTING LAWS THAT EXEMPTED
PRIMARY TICKET BROKERS. LASTLY
AB EIGHT WILL PROHIBIT THE
TICKET SELLER FROM CHARGING MORE
FOR A PRINTED TICKET IF THE
EVENT IS A CELLPHONE FREE EVENT.
THROUGH THESE NEEDED PROVISIONS
ABA WILL PROTECT CONSUMERS LIKE
ME AND YOU. FROM OUTDATED AND
DECEPTIVE MARKETPLACE PRACTICES
THAT A FINANCIALLY HARMED OUR
CONSTITUENTS AND OURSELVES. MISS
FRIEDMAN AND I HAVE WORKED ON
VARIOUS AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE
REMOVED NEARLY ALL THE
OPPOSITION AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUING THESE
CONVERSATIONS. WITH US THIS
MORNING IN SUPPORT OF AB EIGHT
IS ROBERT HARRELL EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CONSUMER
FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA. AND
SEE UNDER CUSHION. A CONSUMER
ADVOCATE WITH THE CALPERS. WHO
WANTS TO GO FIRST. I CAN GO
FIRST OKAY THANK YOU JERRY
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SANDRA
CUSHION I AND I AM THE CONSUMER
ADVOCATE WITH CALPERS. WHERE THE
STATEWIDE CONSUMER WATCHDOG AND
ADVOCACY GROUP WORKING TO
PROTECT CALIFORNIANS AND ENSURE
A FAIR MARKET PLACE AND WE'RE
HERE TODAY AS PROUD CO SPONSORS
OF EIGHTY EIGHT. I'M ONE OF THE
MOST BASIC TENANTS OF CONSUMER
PROTECTION IS TRANSPARENCY. AND
COMPLETE PRICING INFORMATION
SPECIFICALLY IS CRITICAL TO
HELPING INFORM CONSUMERS
PURCHASES AND ENSURING A FAIR
MARKETPLACE. BUT MORE MORE.
TICKET SELLERS ARE VIOLATING
THIS PRINCIPLE BY BLINDSIDING
CONSUMERS WITH HIDDEN FEES AND
OTHER UNFAIR TACTICS THAT CAN
MAKE IT HARD TO FIND THE TRUE
PRICE OF A TICKET. AB EIGHT
ADDRESSES THIS BY ENSURING A
TICKETS ADVERTISED PRICE IS THE
ACTUAL PRICE INDUSTRIES THAT
SEAT LOCATION INFORMATION AND
REFUND POLICIES ARE AVAILABLE TO
THE CONSUMER AT THE TIME OF
PURCHASE. ADDITIONALLY EIGHTY
EIGHT MOST RECENT AMENDMENTS TO
ADD LANGUAGE TO BETTER PROTECT
CONSUMERS FROM BOTS THAT CAN
QUICKLY BY A LARGE QUANTITIES OF
TICKETS AND THEN RESELL THEM AT
INFLATED PRICES. OFTEN TO THE
DETRIMENT OF REAL LIFE CONSUMERS
. ROD PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR TICKET
REFORM HAS BEEN BREWING FOR THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THESE
REFORMS OFFERED BY ABA ARE LONG
OVERDUE. AS WE EMERGE FROM THE
WORST DAYS OF THE COPE WITH
PANDEMIC CALIFORNIANS ARE
LOOKING FOR MORE AND MORE
OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY LIVE
EVENTS. AND AS PEOPLE RUSHED TO
BUY TICKETS FOR THESE EVENTS THE
BROKEN NATURE OF THE TICKET
SELLING SYSTEM IS BECOMING MORE
CLEAR. AB A OFFERS COMMON SENSE
SOLUTIONS TO THIS BROKEN SYSTEM
CONSUMERS SHOULD KNOW THE TRUE
PRICE OF A TICKET AND CAN AND
SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OVER WHAT
THEY DO WITH THEIR TICKET- THANK
YOU AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR I. PHONE. THANK YOU NEXT
PLEASE. GOOD MORNING MR CHAIRMAN
AND MEMBERS ROBERT TERRELL I'M
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CONSUMER FEDERATION CALIFORNIA.
AND WE'RE CO SPONSOR OF AB EIGHT
LIKE TO THANK THE AUTHORS I KNOW
THIS IS BEEN A LONG AND ARDUOUS
ROAD- I'M OLD ENOUGH ACTUALLY
TO- REMEMBER WHAT- ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FRIEDMAN REFERRED TO. IN
AT THE BEGINNING A LINING UP AT
MUSIC PLUS ON SUNDAY AT TEN AM
TO GET THE TICKETS- THE WORLD
HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT AND I
WILL TELL YOU AS SOMEONE WHO'S
BEEN ATTENDING. CONCERTS
SPORTING EVENTS THE EVENTS FOR
DECADES. IT HAS GOTTEN.
INCREMENTALLY AND HOW
EXPONENTIALLY MORE FRUSTRATING
TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS I
HAVE A TWELVE YEAR OLD SHE'S A
FAN OF K. POP. I WILL NEVER GET
BACK THE THREE PLUS HOURS I
SPENT DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET.
TICKETS TO A SHOW- ULTIMATELY
HAVING TO GO TO THE SECONDARY
MARKET TO GET SOMETHING OUT A
SMALL MARKET. I'M AND THAT
ALLUDES TO WHAT THE BIG PROBLEM
IS IN THIS INDUSTRY THE BIG
PROBLEM IS THAT YOU HAVE A
MONOPOLY. WHEN LIVE NATION AND
TICKETMASTER WERE ALLOWED TO
MERGE AROUND TWENTY TEN OR SO.
THERE WAS A SORT OF CONSENT
DECREE THAT WAS PART OF THIS
MEANING ESSENTIALLY THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO BEHAVE IN A
CERTAIN WAY. THEY HAVE NOT. AND
WHAT YOU SEEN AS THIS JUST
GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND
WORSE. SO IN ANY ISSUE THAT
UNITES. THE SWIFTIES AND THE B.
HIVE IN HOSTILITY TOWARDS. THAT
INDUSTRY. TELLS YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN
THE MARKET PLACE HERE- ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS FRIEDMAN AND- WHEN DID A
REALLY GOOD JOB OF DESCRIBING
WHAT WE CALL FIVE CLICKS
SYNDROME. THIS IS SCIENCE THEY
KNOW THAT WHETHER IT'S A HOTEL A
CONCERT TICKET WHATEVER PURCHASE
YOU WANT TO MAKE ONCE YOU GET TO
THE END OF THAT PROCESS. YOU'RE
LOCKED INTO THAT PRODUCT THAT
PURCHASE AND THEREFORE. FEES CAN
BE SPRUNG ON YOU TERMS AND
CONDITIONS THAT LIMIT YOUR
ABILITY TO ATTEND ORDER TRANSFER
TICKET TO A FRIEND OR FAMILY
MEMBER. THEY ARE ALL THERE AND
WE'RE ALL INCLINED BECAUSE WE'VE
BEEN TRAINED YOU MUST CLICK I
AGREE. IF YOU DON'T CLICK I
AGREE YOU CAN'T EVEN UPDATE THE
SOFTWARE ON YOUR PHONE LET ALONE
GET. A CONCERT TICKET- WE ARE
COSIGNER IS OF THE TICKET BY
BILL OF. THERE OF IMPORT
PRINCIPLES AND THAT I'M GO INTO
THE DETAIL OF IT- IN A PERFECT
WORLD. THIS BILL WOULD HAVE
ADDITIONAL CONTENT ON TRANSFER
ABILITY AND SOME OTHER HOLD
BACKS WHICH ARE SOME ISSUES
WHERE THE MONOPOLY MANIPULATE
THE MARKET PLACE. BUT WE THINK
IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP WE
KNOW CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE. THE OF MULTIPLE BILLS
IN PLAY HERE WE URGE THE
COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT THIS BILL
TODAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY
OTHER SUPPORTERS IN ROOM TWENTY
ONE HUNDRED. LEASE NAME
AFFILIATION POSITION ON THE
MEASURE. ONLY THANK YOU. G.
MINOR- ON BEHALF OF STUB HUB IN
A SUPPORT IF AMENDED POSITION.
APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE
AUTHORS- WE'RE DISAPPOINTED SEE
THE LAST ROUND OF AMENDMENTS
THAT REMOVED A KEY. I CONSUMER
PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO
TRANSFER AND LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS ON A MAP
THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE. THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS AND STAFF
MITCH SNIDER WITH THE CALIFORNIA
LABOR FEDERATION WE JUST WANT TO
CLARIFY THAT. WITH MOST RECENT
EVENTS WE HAVE REMOVED OUR
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. THANK
YOU NEXT PLEASE. GOOD MORNING MR
NUMBERS ROBIN WHICH WE CALLED
FOR A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE- HAPPY
AT THIS POINT TO FOR ONCE AGREE
WITH MY COLLEAGUE MITCH TIGER.
CAL CHAMBERS REMOVING OPPOSITION
DUE TO THE RECENT MEN'S AROUND
TRANSFER ABILITY THANK YOU THANK
YOU NEXT PLEASE. I PUT MYSELF IN
THE TWEENER CATEGORY IF YOU
DON'T MIND. ENTER GOVERNOR
GOVERNMENT LEFT CATS. I'M HAPPY
CALIFORNIA'S FIVE MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL TEAMS IN THE SAN
FRANCISCO FORTY NINERS IN MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL. WE'RE PLEASED
TO COME HERE TODAY AND REMOVE
OUR OPPOSITION TO AB EIGHT AFTER
WORKING WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
FRIEDMAN AND- WENT. UNDER MOVING
TO THE KEY PROVISIONS THAT WE
BELIEVE NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM
THE BILL. WELL WE STILL HAVE
SOME TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS THAT
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE BILL
WE HAVE REMOVED OPPOSITION. THE
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS WE'VE
ACTUALLY ASKED OF BOTH AB EIGHT
AND SB SEVEN EIGHTY FIVE HAVE TO
DO WITH THE FEE TRANSPARENCY
LANGUAGE. RIGHT NOW IT SAYS
ADVERTISER DISPLAY. WE BELIEVE
IT SHOULD BE DURING THE PURCHASE
PROCESS BECAUSE ADVERTISING
DISPLAY THE PRICE MAY CHANGE
DEPENDING ON HOW THAT PERSON
WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE
TICKET. AND THIS WOULD BE
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE
LIVING WITH OTHER FEATURE AND
PASS A BILLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND IN ADDITION TO OTHER SMALL
AMENDMENTS BUT WE WILL SAY
REMOVING THOSE TWO KEY
AMENDMENTS. WERE KEY TO US
REMOVING OPPOSITION WE BELIEVE
THAT THE TWO FOR THE HOLD BACK
IN THE TRANSFER ABILITY AND
OTHER PORTIONS OF THE HAD THE
BILL. WOULD HAVE INTERRUPTED THE
ABILITY FOR OUR TEAMS TO PROVIDE
THE FANS WITH THE BEST
EXPERIENCE IN CALIFORNIA. WE
PRICE OUR TICKETS AT A PRICE
POINT TO ENSURE THAT OUR FANS
CAN BUY TICKETS AT THE RIGHT
PRICE. REMOVING THOSE PROVISIONS
WOULD HAVE INTERRUPTED THAT SO
WE APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR
REMOVING THOSE WE LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH THEM. ON CLEAN
UP LANGUAGE ON THE BILL THANK
YOU. THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE. HI
GOOD MORNING MISTER CHAIR
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MARKUP
PRAYER I'M HERE ON. BEHALF OF. A
E. G. AND ITS TICKETING DIVISION
ACCESS OR ACCESS. WE KNOW THIS
COMMITTEE- WAS VERY INVOLVED IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENATE BILL
SEVEN EIGHTY FIVE. PROVIDING
CONSUMER. PROTECTIONS FOR TICKET
BUYERS. AND ENSURING THAT THE
RIGHTS OF EVENT PRESENTERS. TO
DETERMINE HOW THEIR TICKETS. TO
THEIR EVENTS ARE SOLD OR AND NOT
IMPINGED UPON. WE SUPPORT THAT
MEASURE. WE ALSO WANT TO COMMEND
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS FRIEDMAN AND
IRWIN. FOR AMENDING ABA TO
STRIKE SEVERAL OF THE
OBJECTIONABLE. PROVISIONS IN THE
BILL WHILE PRESERVING A CONSUMER
FRIENDLY. ALL IN PRICE
TRANSPARENCY PROVISION. SO THAT
THE FIRST PRICE CONSUMERS SEE
WILL BE THE FINAL PRICE. THEY
PAY AND THAT IS A PRACTICE. THAT
EIGHT ACT ACCESS CURRENTLY
ABIDES BY. BOTH SB SEVEN EIGHTY
FIVE AND A. B. H. CONTAINED AT
ALL IN PRICING TRANSPARENCY.
PROVISION AND THEREFORE IT IS
OUR VIEW THAT AB EIGHT IS NOT
ONLY NOT NECESSARY BUT ALSO
CREATES. TECHNICAL POLICY
CONFLICTS CONFUSION. AND
CHATTERING OUT ISSUES. AND
THEREFORE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT.
AB EIGHT BE PARKED. AS YOU KNOW
WE SUPPORT SB SEVEN EIGHTY FIVE
BECAUSE- IT DOES IMPORTANT
THINGS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS. AND
MAKING SURE THAT ALL TICKET
SELLERS ARE REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY
THE SAME RULES IT MODERNIZE AND
EXTENDS THE CURRENT TICKETING
STATUTE THAT CURRENTLY APPLIES
ONLY TO TICKET BROKERS IN ORDER
TO REGULATE ALL TICKETING
PLATFORMS. IN INCLUDING ORIGINAL
AND RESALE TO PROVIDE
COMPREHENSIVE IN THE UNIFORM
PROTECTION FOR FANS AND EVENT
PRESENTERS THAT ADDRESSES SOME
OF THE PROP OF PROBLEMS
ASSOCIATED WITH SPECULATIVE
TICKETING IT CRACKS DOWN ON THE
USE OF BOTS. THE DEPRIVE
CONSUMERS OF ACCESS TO FACE.
VALUE TICKETS AND IT CRACKS DOWN
ON THE FRAUDULENT PRACTICE OF
USING DECEPTIVE YOU ARE ELSE.
FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE REASONS WE
DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS A
ONGOING NEED FOR A. B. EIGHT AND
ASK THAT YOU HOLD THE BILL IN
COMMITTEE AND THAT THE AUTHORS-
IDENTIFY- PROBLEMS THAT ARE. NOT
YET ASSOCIATED WITH SENATE BILL
EIGHTY FIVE OR ANY OTHER MEASURE
AND COME BACK AND ADDRESS THOSE
ISSUES AND TWENTY TWENTY FOUR.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR ASSUME
THAT'S IN OPPOSITION. ACTUALLY
WE'RE NOT TAKING OPPOSE POSITION
BUT WE'RE- TRYING TO KEEP I'M
JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE GOTCHA
RIGHT TRAIN ON THE RIGHT TRACK
AND THAT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING
BUT I'VE GOT IT. IF YOU CAN TAKE
NEXT PLEASE. THE MORNING TIM
LYNCH ON BEHALF OF THE GOLDEN
STATE WARRIORS AND WITH THE LAST
ROUND OF AMENDMENTS WE HAVE
REMOVED OUR OPPOSITION THANK YOU
NEXT PLEASE- GOOD MORNING MR
CHAIRMAN WAS MY CARPENTER ON
BEHALF OF LIVE NATION AND
TICKETMASTER- WELL I CERTAINLY
ASSOCIATE WITH AND AGREE WITH
THE COMMENTS OF MR PRAY I ALSO
WANT TO THANK THE AUTHORS- IT'S-
A BIT OF A- LOVE FEST I AGREE
WITH ALL OF THE PROPONENTS. AND
WITH THE AUTHORS THAT DRIP
PRICING NON TRANSPARENT PRICING
IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND SO WE
COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE
AUTHORS AND SUPPORT WHAT THEY'VE
DONE THAT. AND APPRECIATE IT.
THAT SAID WE DO HAVE A FEW
OUTSTANDING CONCERNS THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT WITH THE AUTHOR
STAFFS- AND WE HOPE THAT CAN BE
ADDRESSED- WE WANT TO SEE A BILL
THAT BANS THE PRACTICE OF
SPECULATIVE TICKETING AND
REQUIRES RESELLERS TO HAVE
POSSESSION OF A TICKET. BEFORE
SELLING IT. WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE
THE SIX TICKET LOOPHOLE IN THE
BILL THAT ALLOWS FOR INDUSTRIAL
RESELLERS TO CIRCUMVENT THE BILL
JUST BY. PURCHASING SIX TICKETS
TO EVERY EVENT. I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE CONSISTENT REFUND
PROVISIONS. SO IN OTHER WORDS
THE WAY THE BILL IS DRAFTED NOW-
A PRIMARIES- TICKET PLATFORM IS
REQUIRED TO REFUND. IF A TICKET
PURCHASER EVEN IF THE TICKET WAS
SOLD ON A SECONDARY WEBSITE. WE
DON'T THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. N.
AS CURRENTLY DRAFTED AB EIGHT.
REQUIRES THE REINTRODUCTION OF
PAPER TICKETS FOR SHOWS WERE ONE
NEEDS A PHONE- WE ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE REINTRODUCTION OF
PAPER TICKETS. WELL IT CAN BE
INCONVENIENT FOR A FEW. PATRONS
IN THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS- THE
REINTRODUCTION FOR OF PAPER
TICKETS IS ESSENTIALLY- A- YOU
KNOW A GATEWAY TO A RETURN OF
FRAUD IT WAS IT WAS THE ADVENT
OF DIGITAL TICKETS AS AS THE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER POINTED OUT- YOU
KNOW THE STATUTE WAS DRAFTED
BEFORE WE HAD THE INTERNET-
DIGITAL TICKETS HAVE REDUCED
FRAUD. SUBSTANTIALLY AND WE HATE
TO SEE THAT THE- REINTRODUCTION
OF PAPER TICKETS BUT WITH THAT
WE HOPE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH
THE AUTHORS TO ADDRESS THESE
CONCERNS- AND APPRECIATE THE
AMENDMENTS THAT THEY TOOK- IN
THE ASSEMBLY TO DEAL WITH THE
CONCERNS OF. THE EVENT
PRESENTERS YOU KNOW THE TEAMS
AND THE ARTIST. THANK YOU. LET
ME JUST SAY I TRY TO BE FLEXIBLE
DURING THESE HEARINGS YOU KNOW I
DON'T IMPOSE TIME LIMITS I LET
PEOPLE. HAVE THEIR SAY BECAUSE I
THINK THAT'S THE WAY COMMITTEE
SHOULD RUN AND I ENJOY THE
INTERCHANGEABLE- WE NORMALLY
ALLOW. ONE OR TWO SUPPORTERS
LEAD WITNESSES WANTED TO LEAD
OPPONENTS AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
STATES OF NAME AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ON THE BILL SO AND AS
WE MOVE FORWARD I'M GOING TO
HAVE TO INSIST ON THIS WE HAVE.
ELEVEN BILLS ONE ON CONSENSO TEN
BILLS WE HAVE SESSION IT TOO
WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO ADJOURN
BEFORE IN ORDER TO GET IN OUR
POSITIONS IT'S LIKE SCHOOL. AND
THEN AFTER SESSION WE HAVE A
BUDGET COMMITTEE SO IF WE DO NOT
FINISH YOU WILL WILL BE BACK
HERE THIS EVENING. WITH ALL THE
REST OF US SO. LET'S SEE IF WE
CAN TIGHTEN IT UP BY THIS MY
COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME WITH
RESPECT TO THEIR QUESTIONS. AND
WE WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS THING
AS EFFICIENTLY AS EFFECTIVELY.
BUT AS THOROUGHLY. AS WE NEED TO
DO IN ORDER TO PROPERLY HERE AND
DECIDE THESE BILLS SO. ANY OTHER
SUPPORTERS IN ROOM TWENTY ONE
HUNDRED. HIS WE'VE EXHAUSTED
THOSE ANY IN OPPOSITION. IN ROOM
TWENTY ONE HUNDRED TO THIS
MEASURE LEAD OR OTHERWISE. I
DON'T KNOW I GUESS I SCARED HIM
OFF OKAY LET'S TURN TO THE
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS MODERATOR
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PROP ANY
INDIVIDUALS WAITED TO TESTIFY
EITHER IN SUPPORT OR IN
OPPOSITION TO AB EIGHT WE WILL
BEGIN WITH THEM. THANK YOU IF
YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OR IN OPPOSITION TO. PLEASE
PRESS ONE FOLLOWED BY THE ZERO
AT THIS TIME ON YOUR TOUCH TONE
PHONE. WHAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF AND
OPPOSITION TO PLEASE PRESS ONE
ON YOUR ONE THAT FOLLOWED BY THE
ZERO. ON YOUR TOUCH TONE PHONE.
ONE MOMENT PLEASE. YEAH. IT
OFFERS QUITE A LINE NUMBER
SIXTEEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. UFCW
LOCAL SEVEN SEVEN ZERO REALLY
AND THE KIND OF THIS- AB ONE ONE
ONE. I THINK YOU HAVE THE WRONG.
MEASURE MA'AM THEY WERE ON A. B.
EIGHT. NEXT PLEASE OKAY. AND
WHAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK AND
NOT OR OPPOSITION PLEASE PRESS
ONE FOLLOWED BY THE ZERO AT THIS
TIME. AND ARE CURRENTLY ALTHOUGH
I THINK YOU'LL PLEASE CONTINUE
THANK YOU MODERATOR THIS SPRING
THE MATTER BACK TO THE DAIS
COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS ANY
QUESTIONS. THE MOVE WILL. THE
QUESTION I MEAN JUST DESK ONE I
WAS GONNA ASK IF THE AMENDMENTS
THAT WERE PROPOSED IN THE
ASSEMBLY WERE ACCEPTED BUT IT
SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THEY WERE
MISTAKEN AND MAINTENANCE.
REMOVED IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS THERE WERE
CERTAIN AMENDMENTS WITH THE
SPORTS TEAMS THAT WERE AGREED TO
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY AS YOU CAN
SEE FROM THE MANY MANY
STAKEHOLDERS AND THE- VERY LONG
HOURS THAT OUR STAFF. ARE THE
STEPS OVER TO OFFICE- SPENT WITH
THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT THIS IS
REALLY LIKE THREADING THE NEEDLE
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT JUST
RIGHT BUT AT THIS POINT TO THIS
BILL IS ABOUT. TRANSPARENCY AND
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
THE STAKEHOLDERS BUT IT IS A
TRULY A BALANCING ACT AND IS
THERE A PATH FOR EITHER TWO
BILLS PENDING ONE IN THE SENATE
ONE THE ASSEMBLY. NOW THIS WHICH
D. IS OUR PATH FORWARD WITH THE
TWO MEASURES- YES WE ARE GOING
TO BE MEETING WITH THE SENATOR
THIS AFTERNOON PERFECT. WELL
SEEING NO QUESTIONS ASSEMBLY
MEMBERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
. OTHERS SAY THAT THIS THIS BILL
IS UP ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND
WE HEAR FROM ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY PEOPLE'S DISSATISFACTION
WITH THE WEATHER BEING TREATED
ONLINE BUY TICKET SELLERS. THIS
IS BECOME A MUCH MORE MODEST
PROPOSAL THAN IT STARTED OUT AT
WHICH IS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING
TO ME HONESTLY BUT WE ARE. DOING
WHAT WE THINK WE CAN DO RIGHT
NOW TO START TO ADDRESS THIS
PROBLEM AND WITH THAT I WOULD.
DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE
COURTESY OF ALLOWING US TO
CONTINUE CONVERSATION. WELL WE
HAVE A MOTION AS SOON AS WE HAVE
A QUORUM WILL TAKE A VOTE NICE
JOB. NEXT ITEM ITEM NUMBERS
THREE ASSEMBLY BILL THREE SEVEN
FOUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER HANEY.
THANK YOU CHAIR ROTH AND
MEMBERS. AB THREE SEVENTY FOUR
LEGALIZES CANNABIS CAFES BY
ALLOWING THE SALE OF NON
CANNABIS FOODS AND SOFT DRINKS
AT LICENSED CANNABIS RETAILERS.
ILLEGAL CANNABIS BUSINESS IN
CANNABIS INDUSTRY IS STRUGGLING.
ISSUES LIKE AN OVERSATURATION
HIGH TAXES AND PRIVATE BLACK
MARKET. ARE HURTING CANNABIS
BUSINESSES TO FOLLOW THE RULES
AND PAY TAXES. IN TWENTY TWENTY
ONE CALIFORNIA'S LEGAL CANNABIS
SALES REACHED FOUR BILLION. BY
THE STATE'S ILLEGAL BLACK MARKET
SALES WERE PROJECTED TO HAVE
EXCEEDED EIGHT BILLION. THESE
MOM AND POP SMALL BUSINESSES ARE
PLAYING BY THE RULES AND PAYING
TAXES BUT THEY BEING CROWDED OUT
BY ILLEGAL BLACK MARKET
BUSINESSES THAT DON'T FOLLOW THE
RULES DON'T PAY TAXES AND DON'T
PUT IN PLACE. THE STRICT SAFETY
MEASURES THAT WE EXPECT FROM
CANNABIS RETAILERS UNFORTUNATE
BECAUSE OF OUR EXISTING CANNABIS
LAWS ARE WRITTEN THE STRUGGLING
SMALL BUSINESSES CAN'T
DIVERSIFY. TO STAY COMPETITIVE
WITH THE BLACK MARKET AB THREE
SEVENTY FOUR ALLOWS LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO AUTHORIZE THE
PREPARATION AND SALE. OF NON
CANNABIS FOOD AND SOFT DRINKS AT
LICENSE CANNABIS CONSUMPTION
LOUNGES TO BE CLEAR THIS BILL
DOES NOT ALLOW COFFEE SHOPS TO
SELL CANNABIS IT ONLY ALLOWS
CANNABIS SHOPS TO SELL COFFEE
WITH PRE APPROVAL FROM LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. IRONICALLY HOW THE
LAWS RIGHT NOW IT REQUIRES
CANNABIS SHOPS TO ONLY SELL
DRUGS WE BELIEVE THAT IF THESE
BUSINESSES WANT TO MOVE AWAY
FROM THAT MODEL AND SELL MUFFINS
AND COFFEE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE.
THIS BILL ENJOYED BUT BROUGHT
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN BOTH THE
ASSEMBLY POLICY COMMITTEES AND
ON THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR I DO WANT
TO SAY THAT. CANNABIS LOUNGES
THEMSELVES WERE ALREADY
INCLUDED. IN PROP SIXTY FOUR- IT
IS NOT LEGAL TO SMOKE IN PUBLIC
ON THE STREETS AND FROM YOUR
HOME AND PARKS OR EVEN. IN MANY
CASES IN YOUR OWN APARTMENT SO
CONSIDER ASSUMPTION LOUNGES WERE
INCLUDED IN PROP SIXTY FOUR.
BECAUSE THEY CREATED LEGAL SPACE
FOR PEOPLE TO CONSUME CANNABIS.
THERE'S NO REASON THAT THESE
LOUNGES IF APPROVED BY LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. SHOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO ALSO ENCOURAGE OTHER TYPES OF
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND A
COMMUNITY AND CULTURE AT THE
SAME TIME. I WITH ME TODAY I
HAVE BEEN BLINDED FROM THE
CALIFORNIA NIGHTLIFE
ASSOCIATION. AND JEROD KYLO FROM
THE UNITED CANNABIS. BUSINESS
ASSOCIATION. GERMAN PLEASE
PROCEED. HELLO THANKS FOR HAVING
ME HERE TODAY MY NAME IS BEN
BLACK MEN AND I AM THE CHAIRMAN
OF CALIFORNIA NIGHTLIFE
ASSOCIATION ALSO KNOWN AS CAL
NIGHT. WHICH IS THE STATEWIDE
ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FOR
ENTERTAINMENT AND NIGHTLIFE AND
ARTS. AND WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM-
SAN DIEGO TO SACRAMENTO AND
EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN- THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT MEASURE FOR I
THINK THREE REASONS THE FIRST
IS- JUST THE COLLAPSE OF THE
RETAIL MARKET IN THE CANNABIS
THE LEGAL CANNABIS MARKET IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I'M A LOT
OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH FEDERAL.
TAX BURDENS BUT THE STATE HAS
PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT PART IN IN
FURTHERING THIS COLLAPSE
ESPECIALLY WITH THE OUT OF
CONTROL ILLEGAL MARKET WHICH IS
UNDER CUTTING. LEGAL RETAILERS
AT EVERY TURN- THE SECOND REASON
IS THAT YOU SIMPLY ARE NOT
ALLOWED TO CONSUME CANNABIS
PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE IN MANY
PLACES IN THE CITY OF SAN
FRANCISCO. IT IS REALLY ONLY
LEGAL IN A LICENSED LOUNGE OR IN
A HOME THAT YOU PERSONALLY OWN-
EVERYWHERE ELSE IS- IS PATENTLY
ILLEGAL RIGHT NOW AND THIS
CREATES ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS
FOR RENTERS FOR PEOPLE IN. OF
SURPRISE GOVERNMENT HOUSING AND
IT ALSO FORCES PEOPLE TO CONSUME
AREAS THERE ARE A LOT LESS SAFE
FOR EXAMPLE IN THE LIVING ROOM
WHERE THERE MAY BE. MINOR IS
PRESENT IN A AUTOMOBILE PLACES
THAT ARE. NOT SAFE AND NOT GOOD
PLACES TO CONSUME. OF THE THIRD
REASON IS THAT WE ARE JUST
ADDING. ENTERTAINMENT AND
NIGHTLIFE AND- MUFFINS AND
COFFEES TO EXISTING LOUDEST AND
THAT'S AWESOME. SO THAT'S A
REALLY GOOD REASON TO HAVE THIS-
I JUST WANT TO SAY A QUICK NOTE
ON. THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT ARE
REQUIRED I SPECIFICALLY IN SAN
FRANCISCO FOR A FOR CONSUMPTION
LOUNGE- THEY'RE INCREDIBLY
ONEROUS AND INCREDIBLY
COMPLICATED THEY INVOLVE
INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH FANS THAT
STUCK OUT. THERE AND WE HAVE
VERY STRICT RULES ON IT MY
FRIEND. IS CURRENTLY BUILDING
ONE IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
AND IT'S A HUNDRED FORTY
THOUSAND DOLLAR VENTILATION
SYSTEM IN A ONE THOUSAND SQUARE
FOOT SPACE. THE THE RIGOROUS- IN
NEEDS FOR THE RIGOROUS RULES ON
HOW TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT THESE
KENTUCKY CONTEMPLATIVE. GO A
LONG WAY TOWARD REDUCING THE
AMOUNT OF SECONDHAND SMOKE AND
SMOKE. THAT'S THAT MAY BE CAUSED
BY THOSE THINGS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR HEARING ME OUT TODAY
AND I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU SIR NEXT
PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TODAY MY NAME IS
JARED KYLO THE PRESIDENT THE
UNITED CAMPUS BUSINESS
INITIATION REPRESENT HUNDREDS OF
LICENSES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA- HERE TO ADVOCATE ON
D. ADVANCEMENT OF CANNABIS
CONSUMPTION. TOURISM AND HAVING
A SAFE AND SOCIAL PLACE TO
CONSUME AND INTERACT WITH LIKE
MINDED PEOPLE IS THE SAME REASON
WHY PEOPLE GO TO A BAR AND PAY
TWELVE DOLLARS FOR A DRINK IT'S
THE SOCIAL LIFE. THE SAME
CONSUMER COULD HAVE BOUGHT A
BOTTLE OF VODKA AND GONE HOME
AND HAD THE EXACT SAME- DRINKS
BY THEMSELVES INSTEAD THEY
INTERACT WITH PEOPLE AND THAT'S
WHAT DRIVES THE ADDED COST
ASSOCIATED WITH BEING AT A BAR.
THE RESTRICTIVE NATURE OF OUR
REGULATIONS IS MAKING IT
DIFFICULT TO MAKE THE CAMPUS
LOUNGE AND EXPERIENCE. WE DON'T
NORMALIZE THE LEGAL CONSUMPTION
OF CANNABIS IN THE UNREGULATED
PORTION OF THE INDUSTRY WILL THE
SPEAKEASIES OF THE WORLD WILL
DOMINATE THE ENTERTAINMENT
SECTOR OF CANNABIS AND WILL
CONTINUE TO LOSE CONSUMERS. TO
ILLEGAL PRODUCTS AND HEALTH
CONCERNS THAT WILL FOLLOW THE
CULTURE OF CALIFORNIA CANNABIS
IS SOMETHING TOURISTS ARE
TRAVELLING HERE TO EXPERIENCE.
AND THAT FULL IMMERSION IN THE
CULTURE IS A MAJOR REASON WHY WE
HAVE CANNABIS TOURISM. WE ARE
SEEING COUNTRIES LIKE THAILAND-
THAT ARE EMBRACING THE CANNABIS
TOURISTS WITH LOUNGES AND
ENTERTAINMENT. ONLY YEARS AGO
THAILAND HAD VERY PUNITIVE
CONSEQUENCES FOR CANNABIS USE
AND POSSESSION THE WORLD IS
ADAPTING TO THE NEW VIEW OF
CANNABIS. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
GETTING INTO YOU ENTER
CONSUMPTION LOUNGE JUST LIKE YOU
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO
WHEN YOU ENTER A HOOKAH LOUNGE
OR CIGAR LOUNGE. YOU DON'T WALK
INTO A CIGAR LOUNGE AND SAY WHY
IS EVERYONE SMOKING. CANNABIS
LOUNGES HAS SOME OF THE MOST
ADVANCED VENTILATION SYSTEMS TO
SCRUB PARTICULATES OUT OF THE
AIR AND THAT IS ALREADY PART OF
CANNABIS LOUNGE REGULATIONS.
MITIGATING HARM TO OUR CUSTOMERS
EMPLOYEES IS EVERYONE'S GOAL.
AND STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT
PARTICULAR COUNTS ARE LOWER
INSIDE. WITH THE SCRUBBING.
TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS THAN THE AIR
OUTSIDE OF AN URBAN CITY STREETS
OUTSIDE SO. IS IT JUST SAFE. OR
IS IT SAFER TO BE INSIDE. WE ARE
PUSHING PEOPLE TO HEIGHTEN
SHADOWS TO CONSUME THE LEGAL.
THEY JUST PURCHASED THEY'RE
ALREADY ALLOWED TO BRING THEIR
OWN FOOD AND EAT IN THESE
LOUNGES SO WE ARE NOT ADDING ANY
UNFAMILIAR IRITTY TO THIS BILL.
LOCALS AND TOURISTS ALIKE NEED A
SAFE PLACE TO CONSUME CANNABIS
NEEDS THIS ALLOW US TO SHOW
SUPPORT OF THESE LEGALLY OBTAIN
PRODUCTS AN ENVIRONMENT THAT
SUPPORTS ITS CONSUMPTION. THANK
YOU ARE EXPECT LAST FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
SUPPORT WITNESSES HERE IN ROOM
TWENTY ONE HUNDRED PLEASE STEP
FORWARD NAME AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ON THE MEASURE ONLY
PLEASE. GOOD MORNING MR CHAIRMAN
AND MEMBERS AMY JENKINS ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU NEXT
PLEASE. MISTER MEMBERS RANDY
MARTIN ON BEHALF OF THE PARENT
COMPANY IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL
THANK YOU THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE
. TELL YOU THE MODEL BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA NORMAL INSTRUCTION
SUPPORT SORRY. THANK YOU NEXT
PLEASE. CAN WITH A MECHANIC
INFECTIONS IN SUPPORT THANK YOU.
NEXT PLEASE WARNING SEVERAL
VEGAS ON BEHALF OF THE FARMERS
GET GREAT NEIGHBORS IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU SIR NEXT PLEASE. HI
PAM I HAVE SIGNED WITH GARDEN OF
EDEN IN SUPPORT THANK. NEXT
PLEASE OUR INTERNET AYE WHAT
SOCIAL EQUITY CALIFORNIANS.
THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER SUPPORT
RIVER WITNESSES IN ROOM TWENTY
ONE HUNDRED. SEEING NONE LET'S
MOVE TO OPPOSITION WITNESSES
LIED OR OTHERWISE. FIRST LET'S
TAKE LEAD WITNESSES. GOOD
AFTERNOON MEMBERS AND CHAIRMAN
TIM GIVES WITH THE AMERICAN LUNG
ASSOCIATION AND I WANNA BE
CLEAR. THE SECONDHAND SMOKE
EMITTED FROM MARIJUANA SMOKE IS
DANGEROUS AS MANY OF THE SAME
CARCINOGENS AND TOXINS AS
TOBACCO SMOKE. THAT'S NOT UP FOR
DEBATE THE SCIENCE IS ROCK
SOLID. YOU KNOW IN CALIFORNIA WE
HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF
PROTECTING WORKERS WE'RE THE
FIRST STATE TO PROHIBIT SMOKING
IN WORKPLACES MANY OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS OPPOSED TO THIS
BILL WERE AROUND IN THE NINETIES
TO PASS THAT MONUMENTAL
LEGISLATION THAT LED TO A-
NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT TO PROTECT
WORKERS. SO GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT MARIJUANA SMOKE THAT WE
KNOW THAT MARIJUANA SMOKE AS
MANY OF THE SAME CARCINOGENS AS
TOBACCO SMOKE. WHY ARE WE GONNA
ROLL BACK THE CLOCK. TO RETURN
TO PUTTING WORKERS HEALTH AT
RISK. YOU KNOW WE KEEP HEARING
MANY THE SAME ARGUMENTS THAT
WERE USED IN THE NINETIES TO
KEEP BARS AND RESTAURANTS FULL
OF SMOKE. WE HEAR THAT PROPER
VENTILATION CAN CLEAN UP SECOND
HAND SMOKE UNFORTUNATELY THAT
TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT EXIST THERE
IS NO TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL
REMOVE THE HELP HEALTH RISKS
CAUSED BY INDOOR SECONDHAND
SMOKE EXPOSURE. ANOTHER ARGUMENT
HERE IS THAT PEOPLE WORKING A
CANNABIS BAR KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
GETTING INTO. CLASS OF WORKERS
AT RISK THIS BILL WOULD BRING
KITCHEN STAFF SERVERS PER
RECESSES AND PERFORMERS
PERFORMANCE ARTISTS INTO A TOXIC
WORK ENVIRONMENT. JOBS AREN'T
ALWAYS EASY TO COME BY EVERYBODY
SITUATION IS DIFFERENT AND NOT
EVERYBODY CAN JUST QUIT A JOB
AND FIND A NEW ONE THIS BILL
WILL BE TO SOME PEOPLE HAVING TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR HEALTH AND
A GOOD JOB. YOU REALLY WANT TO
GO BACK TO THE DAYS OF FORCING
WORKERS TO SERVE FOOD AND THIS
IN SMOKE FILLED ROOM. YOU KNOW
THE STATE IN A TEN THIS BILL IS
TO PROVIDE CAT CANNABIS
BUSINESSES AND OTHER WITH OTHER
ECONOMIC. OPPORTUNITIES BUT THAT
SHOULD NOT. COME AT THE EXPENSE
OF WORKER SAFETY WE URGE A NO
VOTE ON THIS LEGISLATION. YOU
NEXT PLEASE. GOOD MORNING
CHAIRMAN ROSS IN KENNEDY
ASSEMBLY MEMBERS MY NAME IS
LAURIE TO BAN I'M HERE TO
EXPRESS MY STRONG OPPOSITION. AB
THREE SEVENTY FOUR ON BEHALF OF
BE THE INFLUENCE WHICH IS A
CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT. WHEN
CALIFORNIANS VOTED FOR PROP
SIXTY FOUR. WE DID SO TO
DECRIMINALIZE CANNABIS TO
PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE. ENDING
THE FAILED WAR ON DRUGS AND MASS
INCARCERATION THAT RESULTED. WE
DID NOT WE DID NOT VOTE FOR
DRUGS WITH MUFFINS AND COFFEE.
YES VOTERS APPROVED OF THE
LICENSED CANNABIS DISPENSARIES
AND RETAIL STORES ADULTS KIDS
COULD PURCHASE SAFE AND
REGULATED PRODUCTS. AND SOME
JURISDICTIONS HAVE ALLOWED
CONSUMPTION LABS MATCHES. BUT
THERE WAS NOTHING IN PROP SIXTY
FOUR I'M CANNABIS DISPENSARIES
BECOMING PURVEYORS OF COFFEE
MUFFIN OTHER FOODS OR GROCERS.
IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT CALIFORNIA
VOTERS DID NOT ENVISION OR
APPROVE OF STORIES TURNING INTO
WHITE IN A FACT. ARE YOU. ARE
RESTAURANTS BARS AND CAFES. WE
WERE TOLD THAT IF WE VOTED FOR
PROP SIXTY FOUR THE ILLEGAL
MARKET WOULD GO AWAY. THAT
HASN'T HAPPENED. AS A RESULT THE
CANNABIS INDUSTRY HAS SOUGHT
RELIEF IN MANY FORMS TAX BREAKS
EASING OF REGULATIONS TO WHICH
THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATOR
LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN
ACCOMMODATING TO A GREAT EXTENT.
BUT NOW WITH THE CANNABIS
INDUSTRY IS SEEKING TO HAVE
EXPANDED THEIR BUSINESS MODEL
WELL BEYOND WHAT WAS ENVISIONED
FOR PROP SIXTY FOUR VOTERS.
WHILE THIS MAY HELP THE CANNABIS
INDUSTRY FINANCIALLY AB THREE
SEVENTY FOUR IT WILL ENCOURAGE
AND PROMOTE. MORE USE MORE
CONSUMPTION TO THE DETRIMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. WHILE
HE MAY HAVE VOTED FOR LEGAL
ACCESS OF ADULTS TO CAMPUS WE
DID NOT VOTE FOR THEIR DRIVING
UP CAN'T CONSUMPTION TURNING
STORES INTO CANNABIS CAFES
RESTAURANTS AND BARS. PLEASE
STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE AND
VOTE NOW TO EIGHTY THREE SEVENTY
FOUR THANK YOU THANK YOU NEXT
PLEASE NAME AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ON THE BILL ONLY
PLEASE. MORNING MR CHAIRMAN
JAMIE MORGAN WITH THE AMERICAN
HEART ASSOCIATION I LINE MY
COMMENTS WITH MY COLLEAGUES TEN
KIDS AND- CHERNOBYL THANK YOU
NEXT PLEASE. NAME AFFILIATION
AND POSITION ON THE MEASURE ONLY
PLEASE SO I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING
ELSE WE'VE HAD TO- TO INTO.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
UNFORTUNATELY DO THAT TODAY.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS ALLEY
BEAR AND I AM- IN OPPOSITION TO
AB THREE SEVENTY FOUR ON BEHALF
OF MARIN RESIDENTS FOR PUBLIC
HEALTH CANNABIS POLICIES. THANK
YOU MA'AM THANKS FOR COMING. ANY
OTHER WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION
NAME AFFILIATION AND POSITION ON
THE MEASURE ALLOWING THEM. GOOD
MORNING MY NAME IS ALSO A
GENERAL POLICY ADVOCATE WITH YOU
FORWARD A NONPROFIT YOUTH
ADVOCACY GROUP HERE IN
SACRAMENTO AND WE ARE IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL. THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US THANK YOU FOR
YOUR COMMENTS ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION THING
THEN LET'S TURN TO THE
TELECONFERENCE OF HIS MODERATOR
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PROMPT ANY
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO TESTIFY.
EITHER IN SUPPORT OR IN
OPPOSITION TO AB THREE SEVEN
FOUR WE WILL TAKE THEM NOW.
THANK YOU AND IF YOU LIKE
SPEAKERS OR OPPOSITION TO.
PLEASE PRESS FOLLOWED THE ZERO
THIS TIME. AND WE'LL SEE WITH
LINE NUMBER TWENTY PLEASE GO
AHEAD. YES MANY IS ERICA. FROM
CORNERSTONE WILLIS AND I LEARNED
SUPPORT A- THREE SEVEN FOUR.
THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE. AN
ACCIDENTAL LINED UP THIRTY.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS ADAM
JABBED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE LONG BEACH COLLECTIVE
ASSOCIATION AND WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE SEVENTY FOUR. THANK
YOU NEXT PLEASE. AN EXTRA LINE
NUMBER EIGHTEEN PLEASE GO AHEAD
- ARMSTRONG REPRESENTING THE
CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF AMERICANS
FOR SAFE ACCESS. IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THIS WHERE THE BILL.
THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE. NEXT WHAT
A LINE NUMBER TWENTY FIVE PLEASE
GO AHEAD. MORNING MY NAME IS DR
MICHAEL FROM THE SECOND RECORD
UNITED KINGDOM BUSINESSES. AND I
HEAR ALSO. COACHELLA VALLEY
CANNABIS ALLIANCE NETWORK THE
SILICON VALLEY CANNABIS LINE OF
LOCAL MONTEBELLO CANADA'S
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ALL IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS BILL
THANK THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE.
MEXICO I NEVER NINETY PLEASE
AHEAD. HELLO NAME'S CRONYISM THE
PRESIDENT OF LA CAN COME IN I
STRONG SUPPORT EIGHT EXCEPT FOR
THE THANK YOU NEXT. AXOLOTL AND
TWENTY PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO MY
NAME IS CARLOS THE AUTHORITY
FROM YOU COULD BE A TRADE
ASSOCIATION AND I AM STRONG
SUPPORT OF THE BILL. THANK YOU
NEXT PLEASE. MEXICO TO LINE NINE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. I CAN'T. HI MY
IS MILLION ONE FROM COURT AND
WELLNESS AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT
EIGHTY. THREE SEVEN. THANK YOU
NEXT PLEASE. NO LITTLE AYE
NUMBER THIRTY EIGHT PLEASE. I IS
CHERYL LOOK WELLNESS I STRONG
SUPPORT. EIGHTY THREE FOUR. NEXT
PLEASE. THE LINE NUMBER TWO TWO
PLEASE AHEAD. HI MY NAME IS GOT
EVEN NOW FROM WELLNESS AND I
STRONGLY A THREE FOUR. THANK YOU
NEXT PLEASE. AND THAT WOULD
ALLOW NUMBERS SIX PLACE AHEAD.
THIRTY ONE THIRTY SIX PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HELLO MY NAME- ROSS AND I
AM A PRISONER SAN FRANCISCO
CANNABIS RETAILERS ARE ANGELES
AND CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE THIS IS
LA IN THE STRONG WITH ET.
SEVENTY THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE.
THANKS FOR THE PLAN NUMBER
FIFTEEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO
AND WILL WITH AMERICA FOR NON
RIGHTS AND ONE STRONG TO THE
BILL. THANK YOU MA'AM NEXT
PLEASE. AND LASTLY WILL VOTE
LINE NUMBER EIGHT PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HI MY NAME IS VERY QUICK
STYLE- CORNERSTONE WELLNESS AND
I STRONGLY OPPOSE EIGHTY SUPPORT
I STRONGLY. REPORT ALL RIGHT. A.
B. THREE SEVEN FOUR. THANK YOU.
NEXT THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO OF
ONE OF OUR LAND TO KILL. YEAH
THANK YOU MODERATOR LET'S BRING
THE MATTER BACK TO THE DAIS
QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. AT
LEAST QUESTIONS ANYBODY WITH A
QUESTION. SEEING NONE. YOUR
LUCKY DAY IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE
TO CLOSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
MISTER CHAIR. YOU KNOW THIS IS
A- ULTIMATELY A LOCAL CONTROL
MEASURE WE BUILT IN A LOT OF
LOCAL CONTROL INTO HOW WE
REGULATE CANNABIS EXCEPT WE HAVE
THIS ONE SIZE FITS ALL
PROHIBITION ON ANY FOOD- OR WERE
NON CANNABIS INFUSED DRINKS I IT
MAKES NO SENSE IS HURTING THE
LEGAL INDUSTRY IT'S MAKING IT
HARDER FOR FOLKS TO. USE
CANNABIS SAFELY AND IN A HEALTHY
WAY AND I WITH THAT I
RESPECTFULLY ASK RIVAL OKAY WHEN
WE- GET A QUORUM WILL TAKE
EMOTIONAL TAKE A VOTE THANK YOU
PRESENTATION. NEXT UP. WE'LL
EDUARDO. THIS CALL ROLE
ESTABLISH A QUORUM YOU CAN STAY
FOR THE VOTE ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
FIRST FOR QUORUM ROTH HERE ROTH
. WENT HERE WHEN HERE OF OUR
GUILT. YOU'RE A RODEO HERE
ARCHULETA ARE TO LET YEAR HERE
ASHLEY. ASHLEY HERE BECKER DODD
EGGMAN LASER NERO. HERE YELLOW
HERE SMALLWOOD CUEVAS SMALLER
CREVICE HERE WILL HAVE. WE'LL
HAVE HERE WELL. OKAY SIR MO ON A
THREE SEVEN FOUR WE HAVE A CORE
. THERE'S SMALLWOOD CUEVAS MOVES
THE BILL THE MOTION IS TO PASS
TO THE SENATE FLOOR PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ROTH AYE ROTH AYE WHEN.
WHEN NO ALL RIGHTY GIL. ALREADY
KILL AYE ARCHULETA. ASHLEY HI.
ASHLEY I BAKER DODD EGGMAN
GLAZER NERO YELLOW EYES
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS MODE CREVICE I
WILL HA. WILL HAVE I WILL. THE
VOTE IS SIX TO ONE WILL HOLDER
OPEN FRACTION MEMBERS THANK YOU
SIR. NEXT ITEM ITEM NUMBER FOUR
A. B. FOUR TWO ZERO ASSEMBLY
MEMBER A EUROPE CURRY. CANNABIS
INDUSTRIAL HEMP. THANK YOU
CHAIRMAN ROTH AND SENATORS I
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE STAFF BEFORE THEIR
WORK ON THIS BILL. AB FOUR
TWENTY CLARIFIES THAT THE
MEDICINAL AND ADULT USE CANNABIS
REGULATION SAFETY ACT DOES NOT
PROHIBIT PROHIBIT IT CANNABIS
LICENSEE FOR MANUFACTURING
DISTRIBUTING OR SELLING PRODUCTS
THAT CONTAIN INDUSTRIAL HEMP OR
HEMP DERIVED COMPOUNDS ORAC
EXTRACTS. THIS BILL ALSO
CONTAINS NEEDED CLEAN UP
LANGUAGE THAT WILL HELP PROTECT
THE PUBLIC FROM ADULTERATED HIM
PRODUCTS WHICH ARE ALREADY
ILLEGAL BUT CAN STILL BE FOUND
ACROSS THE STATE. IMPRIMIR ONE
ARE BOTH MEMBERS OF THE CANNABIS
FAMILY BUT HEMP IS LEGALLY
REGULATED CAN NOT BE US TO NOT
BE INTOXICATING AND S. HIGHER
LEVELS OF CBD. GIVEN THE SIMILAR
SIMILARITIES MANY OF THE
PRODUCTS MADE USING CAMPING
CANNABIS ARE MANUFACTURED USING
SIMILAR PROCESSES AND THE
PRODUCTS ARE SIMILAR TO. FOR
EXAMPLE CBD PRODUCTS CAN BE MADE
FROM HEMP A CANNABIS AND ARE
VERY POPULAR AMONG AMONG
CONSUMERS THE MEDIA NON NON
INTOXICATING OR HABIT FORMING
AND PROVIDES RELIEF FROM PAIN
INFLAMMATION ANXIETY AND SOME
INSOMNIA AND OTHER. CONDITIONS
CVD PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM HEMP
ARE WIDELY AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
GROCERY STORES GAS STATIONS GYMS
ANOTHER COMMON RETAIL LOCATIONS
HOWEVER CVD IS ALSO USED IN MANY
CANNABIS PRODUCTS BUT CANNABIS
MANUFACTURERS DISTRIBUTORS AND
RETAILERS CAN ONLY WORK WITH
CANNABIS DERIVED CBD. CANNABIS
DERIVED CBD IS MUCH MORE
EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IT IS SUBJECT
TO STRICTER RAPE STRICTER
REGULATION AND CANNABIS
TYPICALLY HAS A LOWER CBD
CONTENT. THIS PUTS CANNABIS
LICENSEES AT A DISADVANTAGE WHEN
SELLING THEIR PRODUCTS THIS
RESTRICTION CONTRIBUTES TO THE
STRUGGLE OF CANNABIS LICENSEES
TO STAY AFLOAT AS THEY COMPETE
WITH THE L. LEGAL MARKET. AB
FOUR TWENTY WILL ENHANCE THE
VIABILITY OF LEGAL CANNABIS
LICENSEES IN THE MARKETPLACE BY
AUTHORIZING IT LESS PLACE LENSED
LICENSES TO MANUFACTURE
DISTRIBUTE AND SAW HIM AND HIM
PROVIDE DERIVE CBD AND OTHER
PRODUCTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
CURRENT LAW. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS STATE
AGENCIES AND COMMITTEE STAFF AS
WE ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE
BEST WAY TO IMPLEMENT THESE
CHANGES. WE ARE ESPECIALLY
COMMITTED TO FURTHER EMPOWERING
OUR STATE REGULATORS TO ATTACK
THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF
ILLEGAL SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS IN
THE MARKETPLACE TODAY. WITH ME
TODAY'S POUND FOR POUND ONE
ABSTAINED A REPRESENTING THE
CALIFORNIA CANNABIS ASSOCIATION
AND CARE KAREN WOULD SEND OF
KIVA CONFECTIONS WELCOME.
WELCOME PLACE PROCEED- THANK YOU
GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN ROTH
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND
THINK YOU KNOW SOMEONE
AGUIAR-CURRY FOR THE CONTINUED
LEADERSHIP THAT BRINGS US HERE
TODAY. MY NAME IS KAREN WATSON
FOR CUBA CONFECTIONS AND I'M
ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA CANNABIS
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION.
SURGERY SUPPORT FOR TWENTY. IT
GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT WE
SUPPORT ALL EFFORTS TO INCREASE
ENFORCEMENT AGAINST THE
PROLIFERATION OF INTOXICATING
HEMP PRODUCTS BUT I'M HERE TODAY
TO TESTIFY THAT CANNABIS
MANUFACTURERS. AND OUR CONSUMERS
WOULD BENEFIT GREATLY BY THE
OPTION TO USE HEMP DERIVED
CANNABINOIDS. SEVERAL OF CUBA'S
MOST POPULAR PRODUCTS INCLUDE
INCORPORATE MINOR CANNABINOIDS
LIKE CBD AND CBN. TO CREATE A
TAILORED EXPERIENCE FOR THE
CONSUMER. ARE MIDNIGHT BLUE
BERRY GUMMY COMBINES THC CBN
TERPENES AND EXTRACTS TO PROMOTE
RESTFUL SLEEP. LIKEWISE ARE
SPARKLING PEAR GOT ME. INCLUDES
AN UNCONVENTIONAL RATIO OF TWO
MILLIGRAMS THC AND SIX
MILLIGRAMS OF CBD BOTH ARE
INCREDIBLY POPULAR PRODUCTS FOR
CONSUMERS WHO PREFER A LOW DOSE.
BUT IT IS COST WEIGHTS A SOURCE
CBN AND CBD OR FROM THE CLOSED
LOOP CANNABIS MARKET. FIRST AND
FOREMOST CANNABIS AS PRIMARILY
BRED TO EXPRESS T. H. C. INSTEAD
OF MINOR CANNABINOIDS. AND LAST
YEAR GIVEN THAT ROUGHLY 15% OF
CULTIVATORS SURRENDERED THEIR
LICENSES RESULTED IN EVEN MORE
SCARCE AVAILABILITY OF THESE
MINOR CANNABINOIDS. AND
CONSUMERS ARE PAYING THE PRICE.
IN APRIL CUBA WAS AMONG THE LAST
OF THE MAJOR CANNABIS
MANUFACTURERS IN THE STATE TO
RAISE THE COST OF OUR PRODUCTS
CONTAINING. MINOR CANNABINOIDS.
CONTRARY TO THE S. IS A NON OUR
SERVICE AND I. AND IS NOT A
COSTLY DANGEROUS WORK
COMPLICATED ENDEAVOR. SEVENTEEN
OTHER STATES INCLUDING NINE
WHICH USE METRIC AS OUR TRACK
AND TRACE SYSTEM ALREADY PERMIT
HEMP INTEGRATION INTO THE CANADA
SUPPLY CHAIN. AND I SPEAK
CONFIDENTLY ABOUT THIS MATTER
BECAUSE CUBA PRODUCES PRODUCTS
IN THOSE SEVENTEEN STATES WHERE
WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE HAVE BEEN
PUT. MINOR CANNABINOIDS AND
THOSE SAINTS SOURCE FROM HOME
ARE ROUGHLY 2250% CHEAPER THAN
THE SAME CANNABINOIDS RESOURCE
AND IN CANNABIS. WITHOUT
INTEGRATION CONSUMER PRICES WILL
CONTINUE TO ESCALATE AND STATE
REVENUES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.
AB FOUR TWENTY REPRESENTS AN
ABSOLUTE NECESSITY AND A STEP IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I. HEARD
HER SUPPORT TODAY THANK YOU
THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE. GOOD
MORNING CHAIRMAN ROTH AYE THE
REST OF THE COMMITTEE THANK YOU
TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER AGUIAR-CURRY
FOR LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS
PROFOUNDLY IMPORTANT ISSUE. MY
NAME IS PAMELA EPSTEIN AND I AM
THE CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER FROM
EVEN ENTERPRISES AND THE
PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA
CANNABIS INDUSTRY I'M HERE TO
EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR A BI FOR
TWENTY THE BILL THAT STRENGTHENS
THE ENFORCEMENT OF AB FORTY FIVE
AND PROMOTES INTEGRATION. OF HAD
CAN'T EVEN RIGHTS INTO THE
REGULATED SUPPLY CHAIN AS NOTED
BY THE COMMITTEES AND ALICE SAYS
THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS
CONTROLS HAVE REPORT WHICH WAS
DELAYED SIX MONTHS FAILED TO
PROVIDE A SPECIFIC FRAMEWORK FOR
INCLUDING HAND. INTO THE
CANNABIS MARKET PLACE AS WAS
DIRECTED BY AB FORTY FIVE AND
INSTEAD ONLY OFFERED A GENERAL
CONTRAST OF CANNABIS AND HEMP
REGULATIONS ALONG WITH DESIRES
FOR DELAY. WITH THE REGULATED
CANNABIS INDUSTRY IN CRISIS
INTERPRETATION IS IMPERATIVE FOR
THE FOLLOWING REASONS. FIRST
INTEGRATION OF HAD CAN'T OF
NIGHTS BENEFITS THE OVERALL
SUPPLY CHAIN MINOR CAN'T EVEN
RATES AS YOU HAVE HEARD OR IN
SHORT SUPPLY DRIVING UP THE
COST. OF PRODUCTS TO CONSUMERS
MANUFACTURERS ALREADY PRODUCE
CBD ONLY PRODUCTS LOW DOSE
PRODUCTS AND MAX POTENCY PRODUCT
IN THE SAME FACILITY. THAT
DEPARTMENT HAS YET TO ISSUE ANY
STATEWIDE RECALLS DUE TO
MISLABELED POTENCY OF THC AND
CBD. INCORPORATING HALF IS
SIMILAR TO INCORPORATING ANY
OTHER INGREDIENT INTO A CANNABIS
PRODUCT AND METRIC HAS THE
FUNCTIONALITY TO HANDLE IT.
INTEGRATION MAXIMIZES FIST.
VISIBILITY UTILIZATION REACHED
REDUCES COST AND FOSTERS
INNOVATION MAKING THE INDUSTRY
MORE CAPABLE. OF COMPETING WITH
THE ILLICIT MARKET. SECOND
INTEGRATION PROMOTE. AND
PROTECTS PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY THE LACK OF ENFORCEMENT
HAS ALLOWED THE PROLIFERATION OF
INTOXICATING HAND CANNON RIGHT
PRODUCTS POSING SEVERE PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS.
CONSUMERS ARE OFFERED
UNREGULATED UNTESTED HAVE
PRODUCTS THAT ARE THREE TO
THIRTY THREE TIMES STRONGER. IN
POTENCY THAN LEGAL REGULATED
CANNABIS PRODUCTS THIS IS WHY
THE CANNABIS REGULATORS
ASSOCIATION WROTE TO CONGRESS
URGING FEDERAL ACTION TO
REGULATE INTOXICATING HEMP
DERIVED PRODUCTS IN THE UPCOMING
TWENTY TWENTY THREE BARBELL.
ROGUE INTOXICATING PRODUCT OF
BECAUSE ESTIMATED LOSSES FOR AT
DISPENSARIES AS HIGH AS 30% AND
GROWING. WHILE THE REGULATED
INDUSTRY MANDATES TRACK AND
TRACE AND QUALITY CONTROL AND
ASSURANCE TESTING INTOXICATING
HAVE PRODUCTS ARE OFTEN DESIGNED
TO BE ATTRACTIVE TO CHILDREN AND
ARE MANUFACTURED USING HEAVY
METAL AND RESIDUAL SOLVENTS WITH
UNENFORCED TESTING REQUIREMENTS.
THIRD WITHOUT INTEGRATION
CALIFORNIA WILL BE UNABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN INTERSTATE
COMMERCE. THE GOVERNOR IN THE
DEPARTMENT SUPPORT INTERSTATE
COMMERCE WITH THE PASSAGE OF SB
THIRTEEN TWENTY SIX LAST YEAR
AND A SUBSEQUENT LETTER SENT TO
THE STATE AG FOR AN OPINION
REGARDING THE LEGALITY OF
INTERSTATE COMMERCE. BUT WITHOUT
INTEGRATION CALIFORNIA'S
REGULATED INDUSTRIES WILL
STRUGGLE DUE TO HIGH PRODUCTION
COSTS AND EXCESSIVE FEES
COMPARED TO OTHER REGULATED
STATE. TO LEAD THE CANNABIS
CONVERSATION AND REMAIN
COMPETITIVE CALIFORNIA MUST
ALLOW FOR INTEGRATION. FOR THESE
REASONS THE CIA PROUDLY SUPPORTS
A BEFORE TWENTY AND LOOKS
FORWARD TO COLLABORATE WITH THE
AUTHOR AND STAKEHOLDERS ON THE
OUTSTANDING ISSUES INCLUDING
TESTING PARITY. IMPLEMENTATION
OF A PER PACKAGE AND PER SERVING
CAPS ESPECIALLY FOR EDIBLE HEMP
PRODUCTS AND FURTHER LIMITATIONS
ON THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF
OVER POTENT SYNTHETIC CANNABIS
AWAITS. A URGE YOU FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE TODAY THANK YOU THANK YOU
ARE THERE ANY. OTHER WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT IN ROOM TWENTY ONE
HUNDRED. NAY AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ON THE MEASURE ONLY
PLEASE. PAMELA LOPEZ ON BEHALF
OF CALIFORNIA NORMAL IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE AMY
JENKINS ON BEHALF OF COUNTY
CRAFT IN SUPPORT THANK YOU THINK
YOU. WANT A SEMI REGULAR WE HAVE
A GOOD FARMERS GREAT NEIGHBORS
BASIS AND WEBER COUNTY IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU ANY OTHER
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT. LET'S MOVE
TO WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION LEAD
OR OTHERWISE LET'S START WITH
LEAD WITH THIS IS IN A POSITION
FIRST. YOU MAY HAVE TO. GOOD
MORNING AGAIN LAURIE DO BEEN
HERE WITH THE INFLUENCE
CALIFORNIA NON. SOMEONE HAS TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF YOUTH AND
PUBLIC HEALTH CANNABIS INDUSTRY
ISN'T DOING IT. SURE THEY WANNA
TAKEOVER INTOXICATING HEMP
PRODUCTS AND HAVE IT SUBJECT TO
LESS STRINGENT REGULATIONS IT
MAKES SENSE. ON AS YOU KNOW THE
FARM BILL LOOPHOLE WAS CREATED
OVER A DOZEN STATES SPAN TEN.
CALIFORNIA DID NOT. FOLLOW THIS
COURSE OF ACTION AND WHAT WE
HAVE NOW IS A PLETHORA AT CAMP
CANDIES AND FLAVORED FACE.
BETTER TRACK TO TWO CHILDREN AND
ALTHOUGH AB FORTY FIVE
SUPPOSEDLY BANS. SYNTHETIC
CANNABINOIDS. IT'S RARELY
ENFORCED WORSE AT THE TIME OF
CONSIDERATION OF AB FORTY FIVE
INTENT THAT THE BILL WOULD
PERMIT MARKETING OF CBT BUT NOT
INTOXICATING. PRODUCTS WAS
CRYSTAL CLEAR YOU'VE HEARD A LOT
ABOUT CBD CBG CBD LOW DOSE IF
THAT WERE WHAT WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT I WOULD NOT BE HERE. EVEN
THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY BACK THEN
KNOWLEDGE CONCERNS ABOUT THESE
INTOXICATING HEMP PRODUCTS BUT
NOW WE ARE CANNABIS COMPANIES
SUCH AS THE INTERNATIONAL
CONGLOMERATE COOKIES. WHICH
SPECIALIZES IN MARKETING
PRODUCTS AND DESIGNING THEM TO
ATTRACT YOUTH THERE IN THE
HELPLINE. THEIR PRODUCTS THEIR
HEMP PRODUCTS BY THE NAME OF
VERY HI HONEY BUNS CEREAL MILK.
THEY SOLD OUT WHEN INTRODUCED
THERE'S ONE VARIANT T. H. C. P.
TAX THIRTY THREE TIMES MORE
POTENT THAN TRADITIONAL DELTA A
THC AND POSES THE EXTREME HEALTH
RISKS TO CHILDREN. BUT THE
ANSWER IS NOT TO LET THE
CANNABIS COUNTRY TAKEOVER
BECAUSE THEY EXCEL IN CONTINUING
TO MARKET THEIR PRODUCTS TO
ATTRACT KIDS. THERE ARE A FEW
GOOD THINGS ABOUT. THIS BILL IT
TAKES THE PRO ADDICTS AWAY FROM
CASTING AND CONVENIENCE STORES
THERE'S NOW LEAVE AID MINIMUM
REQUIRE. THAT WAS LAST. AND IT
STOPS SYNTHETIC PROCESS TO
DEVELOP SYNTHETIC CANNABIS
CANOPY NOISE I THINK WE DON'T
KNOW RIGHT NOW THERE ARE TWENTY
FOUR DIFFERENT SYNTHETIC
CANNABINOIDS THEY'RE BEING ADDED
TO EVERY MONTH. THIS BILL DOES
NOT REQUIRE THESE PRODUCTS AND
THESE COMPANIES TO PLAY BY THE
RULES THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY IS
SUBJECT TO ONE MARIJUANA. IF AB
TWELVE AU SEVEN PASSES IN ITS
CURRENT FORM IT WAS ALREADY
WEEKENDS WERE HOPING SENATOR
ROTH IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
FURTHER WEEKEND TO TAKE AWAY
FLAVORED VAPES AND HEALTH
PRODUCTS. THEN THERE'S ZERO
REASON THAT THE CANNABIS
INDUSTRY SHOULD. AND WHEN WOULD
NOT DO THIS FOR HAPPY WILL CAN.
WITH TEMP TO DO WHAT IT'S DOING
TO FLAVOR. WITH CANNABIS. SB
MINIMUM PLEASE AMEND THIS BILL
TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE YOU
SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER.
DATED JUNE TWENTY FIRST SENATOR
ROTH AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
THAT INCLUDES A HARD CAP LIMIT
OF ONE MILLIGRAM PER PACKAGE NO
MORE THAN FIVE POINT FIVE PER
SERVING AND T. H. C. FOR ANY
KIND OF. HEMP PRODUCTS EDIBLES
AND HEALTH PRODUCTS SUCH AS FATE
THIS IS BEEN REJECTED BY THE
CANNABIS INDUSTRY AND I HOPE.
IT'S SAND IT'S AMENDED TO
INCLUDE THIS. AND LASTLY DO NOT
ENABLE THE CDPH TO AUTHORIZE THE
MARKETING OF ARTIFICIALLY
DERIVED AIRPORT NOISE NOT
PRESENT IN NATURE. IT DOES NOT
HAVE THE STAFFING NORTH IT DEATH
OF REGULATORY GUIDANCE THAT ARE
NEEDED TO ASSESS THE SAFETY OF
THESE CHEMICALLY CREATED
CANNABINOIDS FOR LARGE SCALE
CONSUMPTION. USER COMPLETELY
NOVEL SUBSTANCES. WE NEED MAJOR
CORRECTIVE ACTION WE SHOULDN'T
SIMPLY BE TRANSFERRING THESE
DANGEROUS CHEMICALLY SYNTHESIZED
PRODUCTS TO THE CANNABIS
INDUSTRY AND WE CAN'T RELY. ON
OUR STATE AGENCIES TO REGULATE
AND ENFORCE THEY'RE NOT DOING
THE JOB NOW WITH CANNABIS
THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT ON HAND.
THANK YOU. VERY MUCH THANK YOU
MA'AM NEXT PLEASE. GOT MORE
AGAIN I'D LIKE TO WITH MY- TO
OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED GOOD
MORNING AGAIN SENATOR ROTH AND-
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME IS ARE
YOU WATCHING ON A ON A POLICY
ADVOCATE WITH YOU FORWARD. YOU
FORWARD AS A SACRAMENTO BASED
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT
ADVOCATES IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH
HEALTH AND WELL BEING. TODAY I'M
HERE TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS
ABOUT AB FOUR TWENTY AND ABOUT
THE LARGER EFFORT TO INTEGRATE
HIT PRODUCTS INTO THE CANNABIS
MARKET PLACE. IN TWENTY SIXTEEN
WHEN VOTERS APPROVED PROPOSITION
SIXTY FOUR AND LEGALIZE CANNABIS
VOTERS UNDERSTOOD THAT CANNABIS
WOULD BE HEAVILY TAXED AND THAT
THE TAX REVENUE FROM CANNABIS
WOULD BE DIRECTED INTO YOUTH
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION
TREATMENT AND OTHER CHILD AND
FAMILY SERVICES. WE ARE NOW
SEEING HEMP PRODUCTS THAT ARE
ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL OR SIMILAR
TO PRODUCTS SOLD IN CANNABIS
DISPENSARIES HOWEVER THESE
PRODUCTS DO NOT CARRY THE
ADDITIONAL TAXES APPROVED BY
VOTERS IN PROP SIXTY FOUR. IN
OUR VIEW HIM PRODUCTS THAT SERVE
THE SAME PURPOSES AS CANNABIS
PRODUCTS SHOULD BE TAXED AND
REGULATED JUST LIKE CANNABIS
PRODUCTS WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED
ABOUT THE HEMP PRODUCTS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY BEING SOLD IN CORNER
STORES AND THAT KERRY
DANGEROUSLY HIGH LEVELS OF THC.
LIKE PROPERTIES AND THAT DO NOT
HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME
REGULATIONS AS CANNABIS PRODUCTS
WE ASK THAT THIS EMERGING
INDUSTRY BE REGULATED AND TAXED
ACCORDING TO THE PROMISES MADE
BY VOTERS. IN TAX I'M SKEWED ME
IN PROP TWENTY PROP SIXTY FOUR
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
ANY OTHER OPPOSITION WITNESSES
IN ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED. NAME
AFFILIATION AND POSITION ON THE
MEASURE ONLY PLEASE GOOD MORNING
TERRY MEMBERS JEANINE COLEMAN
WITH ORIGINS COUNCIL
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE UNLESS
AMENDED. AND A CONCERNS ARE
OUTLINED- IN YOUR MATERIALS
THANK YOU THANK YOU MA'AM THANKS
FOR COMING. NEXT RUNNING AGAIN
ALI BEAR IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO
EIGHTY FOUR TWENTY YEAH THANK
YOU THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY
ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION IN ROOM TWENTY ONE
HUNDRED. SIGNAL LET'S TURN TO
THE BILL COVERS LINE MODERATE IF
YOU WOULD PLEASE PROMPTED
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO TESTIFY
EITHER IN SUPPORT OR IN
OPPOSITION. TO AB. FOUR TWO ZERO
FOUR TWENTY WE WILL TAKE THEM
NOW. OF WITH THEM IF WISH TO
COMMENT IN OPPOSE OUR OFFICE
PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN ZERO. THE
ON THE LINE TWO. LEAD BY. HI MY
NAME IS ALREADY A PRIME IN.
REPRESENTED ARMENIAN TRADING
LABOR ASSOCIATION. WE SHOULD.
OPPOSE UP. TO OKAY IS ALREADY
OVER. AND OVER PRICED THANK YOU
SIR AND THE NAME AFFILIATION AND
POSITION ON THE MEASURE ONLY
APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION
NEXT PLEASE. THERE'S CURRENTLY
NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE CARE
THANK YOU A MODERATOR LET'S
BRING THE MATTER BACK TO THE
DAIS COLLEAGUES ANY QUESTIONS.
THE REGULAR. AND BY SURGERY ANY
. TO MY RIGHTS THING THOUGH.
ENDS UP THE MOTION WELL FIRST
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CLOSE SO JUST A FEW WORDS OF
FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU AND I AM-
I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
OPPOSITION- ANYWAY THE BILL CAME
IN. THE ASSEMBLY SEVENTY NINE
ZERO WE'VE TAKEN A MINISTRY
DRESS MANY THE OPPOSITION'S
CONCERNS BY KEEPING SYNTHETIC
CHEMICALS. OUT OF HIM PRODUCTS
AND TO HELP GIVE DPH MORE
AUTHORITY OVER PRODUCTS COMING
INTO THE STATE- YOU KNOW WE'VE
BEEN WORKING ON THIS BILL AND
THESE BILLS FOR FIVE YEARS AND
IS CONSTANTLY INVOLVING MOVEMENT
MARKET PLACE. AND AS A PRESENT
THIS BILL TO YOU TODAY. IT WILL
MAKE PRODUCTS AND PRACTICES
SAFER AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR
CRIMINALS CRIMINALS TO SELL
ILLEGAL PRODUCTS. BUT THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT OUR WORK IS
DONE. I ASSURE YOU THAT I WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPLEMENT
INTEGRATION IN A WAY THAT
SUPPORTS OUR LEGAL HEMP AND
CANNABIS INDUSTRIES. FURTHER
INTO IT I ALSO HAVE ADDED
FURTHER EMPOWERS OUR REGULATORS
TO ATTACK ILLEGAL PRODUCTS. AND
PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH. I COMMIT
THAT TO ALL OF YOU TODAY. YOU
KNOW IN HIGH I JUST THINK THAT
HER- HIDE ONE COME THAT WAS MADE
THAT THE BILL T. H. C. P. IS
ILLEGAL UNDER THIS BILL AS WELL.
SO WITHOUT I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR I. BOATS. THANK YOU AS
I SAID THE MOTION BEEN MOVED BY
CENTER ARCHULETA THE MOTION IS
TO PASS THE SENATE RULES
COMMITTEE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ROTH ROTH I WENT. WHEN NOW OF
OUR TO GET. OF ARTICLE II ARE.
AYE ARCHULETA AYE ASHLEY HI
ASHLEY I. DODD EGGMAN GLAZER NAY
LOW. SMALLER CREVICE. WAHHAB
WILK. KERN VOTE IS A FOUR TO ONE
WILL HOLD OPEN FRACTION MEMBERS
THANK YOU THANKS VERY MUCH THANK
YOU ASSEMBLYMEMBER. NEXT UP IS
ITEM NUMBER FIVE A. B. SIX
EIGHTY SEVEN ASSEMBLY MEMBER
HEARD. RUMOR YOU'VE BEEN
EXTRAORDINARILY PATIENT THANK
YOU FOR THAT PATIENTS. THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIRMAN SENATORS. I'M
PLEASED TO PRESENT AB SIX EIGHTY
SEVEN A MEASURE TO HELP CITIES
AND COUNTIES. BETTER TRACK AND
REGULATE CANNABIS ACTIVITY.
PROPOSITION SIXTY FOUR PASSED BY
THE VOTERS IN TWENTY SIXTEEN.
ESTABLISH THE STATE'S CANNABIS
TRACK AND TRACE SYSTEM. THE
SOFTWARE TRACKS COMMERCIAL
CANNABIS ACTIVITY FROM SEED TO
SALE AND CAN PROVIDE KEY DATA
FOR ENFORCEMENT AND DETERRENCE
OF ILLEGAL SALES AND
CULTIVATION. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
WHO ARE OFTEN ON THE FRONT LINES
OF ENFORCEMENT UNFORTUNATELY DO
NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS CRITICAL
DATA SAID. THEY MISSED EITHER
REPLICATE CANNABIS DATA DIRECTLY
FROM LICENSEES OR REGULATE WITH
LIMITED INFORMATION MAKING
REGULATING CANNABIS COSTLY AND
INEFFICIENT. SB SIX EIGHTY SEVEN
WILL DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF
CANNABIS CONTROL TO PROVIDE
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH ACCESS TO
THE STATE'S TRACK AND TRACE DATA
. THE MEASURE ENSURES THE DATA
IS SHARED WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES
THAT CAN AGGREGATE ANALYZE AND
PROVIDE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TACKLE
ILLEGAL CANNABIS GROWS. YOU CAN
IS SUPPORT OF THE BILL WITH ME
TODAY ARE GREG TURNER AND CARA
MARTINSON REPRESENTING THE
CALIFORNIA CANNABIS AUTHORITY.
PLEASE PROCEED. GOOD MORNING MR
CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE MY NAME IS KAREN LINE
HERE- ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA CANNABIS AUTHORITIES
OR CCA IN SUPPORT OF THIS
MEASURE. CCA IS A LOCAL
GOVERNMENT JOINT POWERS
AUTHORITY A PUBLIC AGENCY THAT
WAS ESTABLISHED IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN BY COUNTIES. TO ASSIST
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT WERE
REGULATING BUSINESSES AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL TO PREVENT THEM
TOOLS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
TO HELP THAT REGULATORY PROCESS.
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHICH IS
COMPRISED OF LOCAL OFFICIALS
HONED IN ON DATA AND ACCESS TO
DATA AS REALLY A CRITICAL
COMPONENT TO LOCAL REGULATORY-
PROGRAMS THIS INFORMATION IS
CRITICAL TO VALIDATING
TRANSACTIONS AND INFORMING
COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
EFFORTS. AND IT ALSO HELPS TO
INFORM THE LOCAL- POLICIES AND
CANNABIS PROGRAMS WITH THE GOAL
OF BOLSTERING THE REGULATED
MARKET PLACE AND ALSO CONDUCTING
EFFICIENT ENFORCEMENT. ARE SINCE
THE PASSAGE OF PROP SIXTY FOUR
CCA HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEN
THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AG
WHICH HAD A MANAGE THE TRI
COUNTRY STATUS. THEN THE BEERS
OF CANNABIS CANNABIS CONTROL AND
NOW AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
CANNABIS CONTROL TO FIGURE OUT A
WAY TO EFFICIENTLY SHARE DATA
BETWEEN THE STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND UNFORTUNATELY WE
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT
THAT'S FAR AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE
HERE TODAY WHAT THIS BILL DOES.
THIS BILL WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO
TRACK AND TRACE DATA TO
REGULATORS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL A
FAIR SHARE IN THIS CRITICAL AYE
DATA SAID. IT IS PROTECTED
INFORMATION PER PROP SIXTY FOUR
WE ARE NOT CHANGING ANY OF THAT
COMPONENT AND THE SECOND
COMPONENT OF THE BILL- ADDS ZIP
CODE INFORMATION FOR DELIVERIES
INTO THE TRACK AND TRACE DATASET
CURRENTLY IT'S JUST THE COUNTY
HERE. IN WHICH THE TRANSACTION
TAKES TAKES PLACE- THIS
INFORMATION IS REALLY
INSUFFICIENT FOR EXAMPLE IN A
COUNTY LIKE LA THAT HAS EIGHTY
EIGHT CITIES JUST NOTING THE
COUNTY WHERE IT THE TRANSACTION
TAKES PLACE DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY
. NECESSARY DETAIL FOR TAX PER
ASIS OR COMPLY PURPOSE. WE DO A
PRE THE- HOW CONCERT. AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
STAKEHOLDERS- AND THE DEPARTMENT
TO FIGURE OUT THE LEAST.
EXPENSIVE WAY TO SHARE THE STATE
IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER WE
FIVE REQUEST YOUR- THANK YOU SO
MUCH. THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE. ARM
GREATER ON THE SECOND RECORD
COUNCIL TO SEE CA AND I'M JUST
HERE TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT COME UP
BANKS. OKAY ANY OTHER WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT. NAME POSITION. OR
AFFILIATION AND POSITION ON THE
MEASURE ONLY PLEASE GOOD MORNING
MISTER TURNER MEMBERS ELIZABETH
ESPINOSA HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THE
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU. THANK YOU
NEXT PLEASE. GOOD MORNING EIGHT
A WELDER WITH THE CALIFORNIA
STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE.
GOOD MORNING THE CAMERA WITH THE
RURAL COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES OF
CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT THANK YOU
. ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS YES
MA'AM. I I'M SORRY I WAS- GIVEN
THE AUTHORITY TO ALSO MENTION
SUPPORT ON BEHALF THE COUNTY
FEEL OF MY COLLEAGUE HAD TO STEP
OUT OF THE ROOM THANK YOU FOR
YOUR- INTELLIGENCE THANK YOU AND
THANKS FOR JOINING US ANY OTHER
SUPPORT WITNESSES IN ROOM TWENTY
ONE HUNDRED. THING THEN LET'S
TURN TO OPPOSITION BOTH LEAD AND
OTHER WAS FIRST LEAD WITNESSES.
THERE CAN BE. TO MORE INTERNET
ON BEHALF OF OUR SOCIAL EQUITY
CALIFORNIA. I WOULD THINK
ASSEMBLY MEMBER I THINK THAT
THERE'S SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO
BE DONE ON GAMES SOMEBODY THAT'S
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. CURRENT LAW
ALREADY ALLOWS FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO
THE TRACK AND TRACE DATA FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. THE
CONCERN THAT WE HAVE WITH THE
BILL IT'S THAT THE CEASE CCAB
PERFECT KIND OF SET FORTY. THIRD
THE FEW TAXES ABOUT FIVE HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS TO EACH LOCAL
GOVERNMENT. THAT GETS PASSED ON
TO LET OUR LICENSE LICENSEES.
AND THE BILL HAS IT'S CURRENTLY
WRITTEN IT ALLOWS FOR THE CCA.
TO ACCESS ARE TRACKING TRACE
DATA. SO FOR ANY CANNABIS
OPERATOR- THEY COULD ACT HAVE
ACCESS TO YOUR PATIENT DATA
SALES DATA. ON ANYTHING RELATED
TO YOUR BUSINESS AND WHAT CAN
THEY DO. BACK IN THE CCAA DO
WITH THAT DATA. I COULD USE IT
FOR ANY LOCALLY. LOCALLY
RELEVANT RESEARCH A STATE IN THE
BILL. OR TO LOOK AT YOUR
OPERATIONS OF COMMERCIAL
CANNABIS I'D VERY BROAD- ASKANI
WRITTEN WE THINK THE BILL IS
UNNECESSARY. IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THE DEPARTMENT
CAST CONTROL IS ALREADY WORKING
WITH US ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
PROVIDE THE SAXES. SOCIAL
ACTIVITY EQUITY CANO'S OPERATORS
ARE. FOLKS HAVE BEEN FORMALLY
CARCERI MINORITIES THEY ARE
HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME
COMPETING WITH THE LESSEN
MARKET- THIS INCREASES THE COSTS
FOR EVERYBODY. IN THE SUPPLY
CHAIN AND LICENSEES. AND ALL I
THINK IT'S TO BENEFIT THE
CALIFORNIA CABS OF FORTY. THE
LOCAL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DON'T
HAVE THE WAY TO RUN HIS
DATABASES AGAIN IT'S SKINNER
FROM ONE ENTITY. AND. FOR THOSE
REASONS WE OPPOSE THE BILL.
THANK YOU SIR NEXT PLEASE. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY MR OFTEN
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS- I RESPECT
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT
THIS BILL BECAUSE I THINK ON ONE
SIDE OF IT IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
PART TO TRACK AND TRACE DELIVERY
BUT ANOTHER PART IF THE DATA
GRABBED. THE COALITION OF
LICENSE FEES THAT HAVE BEEN
ADVOCATING FOR MORE TRACK AND
TRACE DATA TO BE COLLECTED TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND REGULATE THE
CAMPUS SECTOR WE HAVE SENT MANY
LETTERS TO THE DCC TO MAKE
CHANGES IN THE REGULATIONS. TO
ACHIEVE THIS GOAL AS WELL AS
COMMUNICATE TO STAKEHOLDERS CITY
REPRESENTATIVES COUNTY CAMPUS
DIRECTORS LICENSE DELIVERY
COMPANY CD TFA AND LEGISLATORS.
THANK YOU SEE BE A HAVE BEEN
VERY VOCAL IN ADVOCATING THE
ACCOUNTABILITY TO DELIVERY
COMPANIES- TO ENTER A CITY FOR
THAT STATE AND LOCAL TAXES ARE
PROPERLY CALCULATED. AND PAID
THAT WAS VERY HARD TO SIT HERE
IN A POST SOMETHING WE
DESPERATELY NEED AND WANT BUT
WHEN THE COST OF ACHIEVING THE
OVERSIGHT TOOLS PACKAGE WITH THE
POISON PILL THE COST OUTWEIGHED
THE BENEFITS. THE CA A JOINT
POWERS AUTHORITY REPRESENTING
SEVEN OF THE FIFTY EIGHT
COUNTIES. IS ATTEMPTING TO HIDE
THE FACT THIS BILL IS NOTHING
MORE THAN ATTEMPTS TO FORCE. THE
STATE AND ITS CANNABIS
LICENSEES- TO GIVE ALL THE
PRIVATE DATA COLLECTED BY THE
DCC OF METRIC WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT TRANSACTIONAL DATA.
CUSTOMER DATA PERSONAL DATA
BUSINESS DATA OWNERSHIP DATA
EVERYTHING. NOW CURRENT LAW
ALLOWS REGULATORS TO ACCESS
METRIC TRACKING TASTE DATA ON
ITS LOCAL LICENSE FEES. ONLY
WHEN A FORCE WHEN ACTION IS
NEEDED. BUT THIS ATTEMPT TO
COLLECT THE MOST VALUABLE AND
SENSITIVE INFORMATION IS NOTHING
MORE THAN AN ATTEMPT TO MONETIZE
THE WORLD'S LARGEST. CAMPUS
MARKETS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
IT IS NOT HARD TO SEE THAT SOME
OF THE LARGEST TECH COMPANIES IN
THE WORLD MAKE THEIR PROFITS OFF
OF CUSTOMER. AND BUSINESS DATA
TRACKING THE MOVEMENT OF
PRODUCTS PREDICTING THE DESIRES
OF CUSTOMERS IS COMMON PLACE FOR
SOMEONE LIKE AMAZON. AND IS THE
REASON IT DOMINATES GLOBAL SALES
BUT EVEN AMAZON DOESN'T HAVE
ACCESS TO SENSITIVE DATA THAT
CCA. IS REQUIRING THE STATE TO
HAND OVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS HOME
ADDRESSES CRIMINAL RECORDS ALL
TRANSACTIONAL DATA JUST TO NAME
A FEW ALL UNDER THE GUISE OF
HELPING REGULATE LOCAL. DELIVERY
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS
ORGANIZATION IS TRIED TO HIDE
BEHIND. I NEED REGULATORY CHANGE
THE STEEL THE CANNABIS
INDUSTRY'S DATA AB FIFTEEN
TWENTY FIVE A BANKING BILL ON
THE FACE. WAS TO PROTECT BANKS.
FROM LOCAL ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
FOR BANKING LEGAL CANNABIS
BUSINESSES AND YOU SEE BE A WERE
THERE TO EXPOSE THIS ATTEMPT.
AND THE GOVERNOR REMOVED THE CCA
PROVISION. AND THE SIGNING OF
THE NEEDY BANKING REFORMS INTO
LAW. SO YES I AM TRIGGERED AT
THE SECOND ATTEMPT AND HOPEFULLY
THE LAST FROM CCA AND TRYING TO
PROFIT OFF THE SENSITIVE AND
VALUABLE DATA. COLLECTED AND OUR
CAMPUS INDUSTRY PLEASE. VOTE NO
ON SIX EIGHTY SEVEN. THANK YOU
SIR ANY OTHER. OPPOSITION
WITNESSES IN ROOM TWENTY ONE
HUNDRED. SEEING NONE LET'S TURN
TO THE TELECONFERENCE URBIS
MODERATOR IF YOU WOULD PLEASE
PROMPT. IN INDIVIDUALS WAITING
TO TESTIFY EITHER IN SUPPORT OR
IN OPPOSITION TO ASSEMBLY BILL.
SIX EIGHTY SEVEN WE WILL TAKE
THEM NOW. OF COURSE SLATED I
ONCE AGAIN IF YOU WISH TO MAKE
COMMON SUPPORT FOR OFFICE PLEASE
PRESS ONE THEN. ZERO WE'LL BE
GOING TO THE LINE NINETEEN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK IN YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. HI ARMEN PROTEAN
OF PRESIDENT ABOUT LAKE CANNABIS
COMPANY I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE
ASSEMBLY BILL SIX EIGHTY SEVEN
THANK YOU. THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE
. THAT'S NOT A LINE TWENTY
PLEASE GO AHEAD. TWENTY YOUR
LINE IS OPEN. HELLO CARLOS THE
AUTHORITY. WONDERSTONE WELDERS
MUST ADDRESS AND I STRONGLY
OPPOSE. EIGHTY SIX EIGHTY SEVEN.
THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE. NEXT
WE'LL GO TO LINE NINE PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HI MY NAME IS MILLION ONE
I'M FROM CORNERSTONE ALLOWANCE
AND I STRONGLY OPPOSE AB SIXTY
SEVEN. THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE.
NEXT WE'LL GO TO LINE FORTY
PLEASE GO AHEAD. FORTY YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. HELLO MY NAME. IS
RACHEL SHOP OWNER IN LOS IN
STRONG OPPOSITION. THANK YOU SIR
NEXT PLEASE. NEXT WE'LL GO TO
LINE TWENTY THREE PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HI MY NAME IS ALEX MARTIN
FROM CORNERSTONE MOMENT
MOSTRANDO CLOSED A. B. EIGHTY
SEVEN. THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE.
NEXT WE'LL GO TO LINE FORTY FIVE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI MY NAME IS
WILL BE OVERALL I'M REPRESENTING
THE BILL CANNABIS RETAILERS
ALLIANCE ANGELES AND CALIFORNIA
MINORITY ALLIANCE AND SOCIAL
EQUITY LA AND WE STRONGLY OPPOSE
THIS BILL. THANKS BILL GO TO
LINE FORTY SIX PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HELLO MY NAME IS NICOLE VANDA I
AM CALLING FROM CORNERSTONE
WELLNESS AND LYFT MY COLLEAGUES
I ALSO STRONGLY OPPOSE AB SIXTY
SEVEN. THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE.
THAT BILL GOES TO LINE TWENTY
FIVE PLEASE GO AHEAD. OKAY HEAR
ME PERFECTLY PLEASE GO AHEAD. MY
NAME IS JONATHAN TUCKER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNITED
CAMPUS DIDN'T EXPLICATION ALSO
READ REPRESENTATION OF A LONG
BEACH THIS LOCATION BECAUSE HOW
ABOUT WE CANNOT ALLIANCE NETWORK
THE SILICON VALLEY CANNABIS
ALLIANCE AND THE MONTEBELLO CARE
DIDN'T. ALL IN STRONG OPPOSITION
TO THE BILL THANK YOU THANK YOU
NEXT PLEASE. NOT WE'LL GO TO A
PLEASE GO AHEAD. EIGHT YOUR LINE
IS OPEN. THAT COULD GO TO LINE
TWENTY TWO PLEASE GO AHEAD. OKAY
. NEXT PLEASE. YOU HAVE SOMEONE
THAT HAS JUST QUEUED UP ONE
MOMENT WATER LINE NUMBERS GIVEN
.
NEXT TO THE LINE THIRTY ONE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THE FIFTY FIFTY
THE REAL I WONDER CO AS WELL AS
CLOSE AS ON YOUR CAN WORK WITH
WITH THE HM I'M SURE OF. EIGHTY
SIX IT. THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE.
EXTRA LINE TWENTY EIGHT PLEASE
GO AHEAD. HELLO MY NAME IS ERICA
FROM CORNERSTONE LONELY AND ICE
OF A. B. SIX SEVEN. THANK YOU
SIR NEXT PLEASE. THAT'S OVER THE
LINE FORTY EIGHT PLEASE GO AHEAD
. HELLO MY NAME IS ALREADY OF
RHYMING WITH ARMENIAN TRADE AND
LABOR ASSOCIATION AND WE
STRONGLY OPPOSE A. B. THANK.
THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE. THAT'S
WITH A TWO LINE THIRTY NINE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU ARM
OF LOUIS HAIR OF- WHO ARE. FROM
AB SIX THAT THANK YOU. THANK YOU
NEXT. THERE'S CURRENTLY NO ONE
ELSE IN THE QUEUE CARE THANK YOU
MODERATOR BRING THEM OUT BACK TO
THE DAYS- FOR S. MIKE FOR MAYBE-
ASSEMBLY MEMBER I COULD ISSUE TO
COVER A COUPLE ITEMS FOR ME ONE.
OF WHAT I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE
ARGUMENT IN OPPOSITION TO BE
WITH RESPECT TO ACCESS TO- EQUAL
ACCESS TO DATA. IN OTHER WORDS
DOES A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY
HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE JOINT
POWERS AUTHORITY CALIFORNIA
CANNABIS IS THIRTY OR TO ACCESS
THE DATA AND THEN PERHAPS YOU
COULD ADDRESS THE ITEMS. IN THE
POLICY ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION
SECTION OF THE ANALYSIS-
SPECIFICALLY- ACCESS TO
APPROPRIATE DATA AS OPPOSED TO
THE OTHER. AND THEN SAFETY OF
THE DATA THAT IS. GONNA BE
MAINTAINED IN TERMS OF ACCESS OR
INAPPROPRIATE ACCESS. AND THEN
THE INTER OPERABILITY ISSUE WERE
THE BILL ATTEMPTS TO S. THE DCC
TO. SUPPORT INTER OPERABILITY
WHEN WE IN FACT HAVE MULTIPLE
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE
THEIR OWN IT SYSTEMS THAT
PERHAPS SHOULD BE CONFORMING
THOSE SYSTEMS TO. OUR SYSTEM AT
THE STATE LEVEL. THANK YOU FOR
THOSE QUESTIONS OF THE ANSWER
THE FIRST ONE IS NO WITH THE
LOCAL AGENCIES DO NOT HAVE TO BE
A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA.
CANNABIS ASSOCIATION TO
AUTHORITY TO GET FULL ACCESS TO
THE TRACK AND TRACE DATA.
THROUGH THIS BILL- AND THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT DATA AND HOW
BEST TO PROTECT THAT WHILE AT
THE SAME TIME PROVIDING THE
ACCESS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON
REQUIRE I CERTAINLY AM OPEN TO
WORKING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS TO
FIND THAT RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN
THE ROAD DATA THAT'S NECESSARY
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. TO MORE
EFFECTIVELY ON TAX AND REGULATE
LEGAL CANNABIS- I ASSUME YOU'VE
HEARD TODAY THERE'S A STRUGGLE
BETWEEN THE LEGAL CANNABIS
MARKET IN THE ILLEGAL CANNABIS
MARKET AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO
HELP. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO
SUPPORT ON LEGAL CANNABIS
OPERATORS. WELL SHOULD THE BILL
MOVE FORWARD GIVEN THE EMPHASIS
IN THIS BUILDING ON PRIVACY AND
PRIVACY ISSUES THIS YEAR IN
YEARS PAST I WOULD CERTAINLY ASK
THAT YOU DO THAT WITH RESPECT
TO. DATA BREACH SAFETY IN. THE
SCOPE OF ACCESS THE
IMPLEMENTATION DATE SINCE WE'RE
DEALING WITH SOME. VERSION OF A
COMPUTER SYSTEM IN AND IT AND
SOFTWARE AND IMPLEMENTATION
IDEAS THAT YOU CONSIDER WHETHER
THE- CURRENT DATE ASSUMING IT
PROVIDES ONE IS- ADEQUATE OR IF
THERE SHOULD BE A DELAY IN
IMPLEMENTATION. AND ALSO-
CONSIDER THE INTER OPERABILITY.
PIECE AND- WHICH END OF THE
PROCESS WE NEED THE INTER
OPERABILITY TO START FIRST LOCAL
JURISDICTION OR HERE AT THE
STATE LEVEL. COLLEAGUES
QUESTIONS. I GUESS I DIDN'T
GENERATE ANY. ASSEMBLY MEMBER
YOUR LUCKY DAY YOU CAN CLOSE
THANK YOU- MISTER SHARE HONOR
SPECTRALLY REQUESTED AYE BUT-
OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION ON
ASSEMBLY. BILL SIX EIGHTY SEVEN.
ZERO OF. MOVES THE BILL THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSED THE SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ROTH HI ROTH I WENT. WHEN
I OF ALL THE GUILT. OF ARTICLE
II ARCHULETA AYE ARCHULETA AYE
ASHLEY AYE ASHBY AYE BAKER DODD
EGGMAN LASER HELLO I FEEL THE
ICE SMALLWOOD CUEVAS WILL HOT.
WILL HAVE I WILL. BILL SEVEN
VOTES HOLD ROLE FOREVER MEMBERS
YOU SIR. NEXT ITEM ITEM NUMBER
SIX A. B. ELEVEN ELEVEN ONE ONE
ONE ONE ASSEMBLY MEMBER FELON
CANNABIS SMALL PRODUCER EVENTS
SALES LICENSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
MISTER STE A CHAIR AND MEMBERS
AB ELEVEN ELEVEN WOULD PROVIDE
SMALL AND EQUITY. CULTIVATORS
WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY
FOR A DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS
CONTROL LICENSE THAT WOULD
AUTHORIZE THEM TO BEND THEIR
PRODUCTS AT LICENSE STATE
TEMPORARY CANNABIS EVENTS. UNDER
EXISTING LAW THESE EVENTS MUST
BE ORGANIZED BY A CANNABIS EVENT
ORGANIZER WHO IS LICENSED
THROUGH THE DCC. AND EACH
INDIVIDUAL THAT MUST RECEIVE
AUTHORIZATION FROM BOTH STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND-
THEREBY MAKING SURE THERE'S
LOCAL CONTROL. THESE EVENTS ARE
SUBJECT TO EXTENSIVE REGULATION
INCLUDING REGULATIONS ON
PACKAGING AND LABELING TRACK AND
TRACE AND PROHIBITIONS ON UNDER
AGE SALES. ADDITIONALLY EACH OF
THESE EVENTS MUST BE AUTHORIZED
BY THE DCC AT LEAST SIXTY DAYS
BEFORE THE EVENT IS SCHEDULED TO
BE HELD. WELL AB ELEVEN ELEVEN
WOULD MOST DIRECTLY IMPACT SMALL
AND EQUITY CANNABIS PRODUCERS
ITS POSITIVE EFFECTS WOULD
EXTEND TO THE LOCAL CANNABIS
MARKET AS A WHOLE. SALES BY CRAP
PRODUCES THAT CANNABIS EVENTS
WILL DRIVE ADDITIONAL SALES
THROUGH LICENSED DISTRIBUTION
AND RETAIL OUTLETS AND CROP
PRODUCERS SELLING AT CANNABIS
EVENTS WILL HAVE A STRONG
INCENTIVE TO DIRECT CUSTOMERS TO
LEGAL RETAILERS WHERE THEY CAN
BUY MORE OF THE PRODUCT THAT
THEY PURCHASE. WITH ME TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT TODAY IS
JEANINE COLEMAN WHO'S EXECUTOR
RECTOR OF ORIGINS COUNCIL AND
MADISON SHOCKLEY PRESIDENT OF
CANNABIS EQUITY POLICY COUNCIL
AND THE OWNER OF CADRE A
LICENSED SOCIAL EQUITY RETAILER
IN LOS ANGELES. GOOD AFTERNOON
PLEASE PROCEED GOOD AFTERNOON
OUR MILITARY MEMBERS MY NAME IS
JEANINE COLEMAN I'M THE FOUNDER
AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
ORIGINS COUNCIL. WE ARE PRESENT
EIGHT HUNDRED SMALL INDEPENDENT
LICENSED CANNABIS BUSINESSES
ACROSS ROLE CALIFORNIA.
PREDOMINATELY OUR MEMBERSHIP OUR
HISTORIC SMALL SCALE MEDICAL
CANNABIS FARMING FAMILIES WHO
TRANSITIONED INTO THE REGULATED
MARKET UPON LEGALIZATION.
CALIFORNIA SMALL CANNABIS
FARMERS ARE WORLD RENOWNED FOR
PRODUCING THE WORLD'S HIGHEST
QUALITY CRAFT CANNABIS HOWEVER.
SMALL IN EQUITY FARMERS
CURRENTLY FACE SEVERE CHALLENGES
IN THE LEGAL CANNABIS MARKET.
DUE TO COLLAPSING WHOLESALE
PRICES HIGH COMPLIANCE COSTS AND
BARRIERS TO ENTRY AND MARKET
ACCESS. IN OTHER SECTORS THE
SPECIALTY AGRICULTURE SUCH AS
WINE BEER AND COFFEE. STATE AND
FEDERAL LAW PROVIDE APPROPRIATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIRECT TO
CONSUMER SALES IN A VARIETY OF
FAMILIAR FORMS. INCLUDING
MICROBREWERIES WINE TASTINGS AND
FARMERS MARKET SALES. FOR SMALL
PRODUCERS WHO LACK ACCESS TO
VERTICAL INTEGRATION MARKETING
BUDGETS AND SALES TEAMS USE
ALLOWANCES ARE CRITICAL TO THEIR
SUCCESS. AB ELEVEN ELEVEN WOULD
CONCEPTUALLY NEAR THESE
APPROACHES BUT ONLY WITHIN THE
SPECIFIC LIMITED AND HIGHLY
CONTROLLED TEMPORARY CANNABIS
EVENTS FRAMEWORK. THAT HAS BEEN
WELL ESTABLISHED WITHIN
CALIFORNIA LAW AND SINCE TWENTY
EIGHTEEN. TEMPORARY CANNABIS
EVENTS ARE ORGANIZED BY CANNABIS
EVENT ORGANIZER IS LICENSED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS
CONTROL. AND EACH PROPOSED EVENT
MUST ALSO RECEIVE BOTH AN
INDIVIDUAL STATE LICENSE FROM
THE DCC AND EXPLICIT
AUTHORIZATION FROM THE LOCAL
JURISDICTION IN ORDER TO
PROCEED. TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT
ACCORDING TO A JANUARY
TWENTIETH. TWENTY FOURTH PUBLIC
RECORDS REQUESTS FROM THE DCC.
BETWEEN THE YEARS OF TWENTY
EIGHTEEN AND TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF SIXTY FIVE
CANNABIS EVENTS HELD IN
CALIFORNIA WITH ONLY SIX WITHIN
ONLY SIXTEEN. DIFFERENT
JURISDICTIONS NONE OF THESE
CANNABIS EVENTS WERE HELD IN LOS
ANGELES OR ORANGE COUNTY
INDICATIVE OF LOCAL CONTROL.
ELEVEN ELEVEN WOULD NOT CHANGE
ANYTHING REGARDING HOW THESE
EVENTS ARE REGULATED I WOULD NOT
AFFECT THE ABSOLUTE LOCAL
CONTROL THE JURISDICTIONS HAVE
TO AUTHORIZE AND REGULATE EVENTS
OR BENEFITS. INSTEAD AB ELEVEN
ELEVEN WOULD SIMPLY PROVIDE
SMALL EQUITY CULTIVATORS WITHIN
A LIMITED OPPORTUNITY TO VENT
AND THESE EVENTS ALONGSIDE
NEARLY TWO THOUSAND RETAIL
DELIVERY AND MICRO BUSINESS
LICENSEES THEY'RE CURRENTLY HOLD
THIS ELIGIBILITY. WE PRODUCE A
BROAD COALITION IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL WHICH INCLUDES MORE
THAN THIRTY FIVE DIVERSE
ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING SMALL
PRODUCERS EQUITY BUSINESSES
LICENSED CANNABIS RETAILERS.
HAITIAN A CONSUMER ADVOCATES
VETERANS GROUPS AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS WE ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT TODAY TO PROVIDE
EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR CUB
CALIFORNIA'S WORLD RENOWNED.
CRAFT CANNABIS PRODUCERS THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
COMMON THANK YOU MA'AM NEXT
PLEASE. HELLO MY NAME IS MADISON
SHOCKLEY THE THIRD I'M A SOCIAL
EQUITY RETAIL LICENSEE FROM LOS
ANGELES AND I SERVE AS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE CANNABIS EQUITY
POLICY COUNCIL. WHICH REPRESENTS
OVER FOUR HUNDRED SOCIAL EQUITY
ENTREPRENEURS AND ADVOCATES
ACROSS THE STATE. LIKE SMALL
CANNABIS FARMERS MOST EQUITY
LICENSEES ARE SMALL BUSINESSES
THAT LACK THE SKILLS AND
RESOURCES OF LARGE VENTURE
CAPITAL BACKED CORPORATIONS. AND
JUST LIKE MANY SMALL FARMERS WE
STRUGGLE TO GET ACCESS TO THE
MARKET AND IF WE ARE SO LUCKY TO
GET INTO THE MARKET. THE
STRUGGLE TO STAY IN BUSINESS IN
THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS IS
TREMENDOUS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE
SEEING MOST BUSINESSES HANGING
ON BY A THREAD OR COLLAPSING
UNDER THE PRESSURE. OF LARGE
CORPORATIONS ARE RUNNING LAPS
AROUND THIS WHILE WE STRUGGLE
YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH THE COST OF
RED TAPE AND OPERATING
COMPLIANTLY. UP FOR SOCIAL
EQUITY FARMERS BOTH URBAN AND
RURAL THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE
THEIR BRAND AT THESE FARMERS
MARKET EVENTS AND SELL DIRECTLY
TO CONSUMERS. CAN MEAN THE
DIFFERENCE- IN IN MAKING PAYROLL
THAT MONTH FOR A LOT OF THESE
BUSINESSES. THE STATE NEEDS TO
DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO HELP
THESE BUSINESSES SUCCEED. AND
THIS BILL IS ONE OF THOSE
SOLUTIONS THAT WILL MAKE A
DIFFERENCE ON THE GROUND FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES. I SUPPORT THE
PROPOSED EQUITY DEFINITION-
AMENDMENTS TO THIS BILL BECAUSE
SOCIAL EQUITY CAN LOOK DIFFERENT
FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY- THE
ORIGINAL EQUITY DEFINITION FROM
SENATOR BRADFORD SB TWELVE
NINETY FOUR. STATES THAT A LOCAL
EQUITY LICENSEE MEANS A PERSON
WHO HAS OBTAINED A LICENSE FROM
A LOCAL JURISDICTION TO ENGAGE
IN COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITY.
WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL
BOUNDARIES OF THAT JURISDICTION
AND WHO MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE JURISDICTIONS LOCAL
EQUITY PROGRAM. THIS DEFINITION
IS THE BEST OPTION- WE CURRENTLY
HAVE THE LEGISLATION. NOW OVER
THE PAST FEW YEARS WE'VE WATCHED
AS THE ESTABLISHED CANNABIS
COMPANIES HAVE OPPOSED BILLS
THAT WOULD HELP SMALLER
INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES BE MORE
COMPETITIVE. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE
OF THOSE INSTANCES. THERE'S BEEN
A LOT OF FEAR MONGERING ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THIS
BILL TO EQUITY ENTREPRENEURS-
SOME WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS
BILL WOULD UNDERMINE HUNDREDS OF
EQUITY ENTREPRENEURS- BUT THE
LION'S SHARE OF THOSE EQUITY
ENTREPRENEURS ARE IN LOS
ANGELES. WITH THE CITY CURRENTLY
DOESN'T ALLOW CANNABIS EVENTS AT
ALL- AND A SMALL EQUITY
BUSINESS. AS A SMALL EQUITY
BUSINESS I'M PROUD TO STAND BY
SMALL FARMERS. AND ADVOCATE FOR
A BI ELEVEN ELEVEN IN HOPES THAT
IT EXTENDS A LIFELINE TO OUR
SOCIAL EQUITY FARMERS AND SMALL
OUTDOOR FARMERS. WHOSE LEG WHOSE
LEGACY WE STAND ON TODAY A LOT
OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE BARELY
HOLDING ON- THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT THE STATE CAN DO TO HELP
THOSE BUSINESSES SURVIVE A LOT
OF OPPONENTS TO THIS BILL ARE
COMING OUT OF LOS ANGELES I COME
AT A LOSS IN. AND. HOLDING UP
THIS BILL IS HOLDING UP SMALL
FARMERS FROM DOING THESE EVENTS
IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHICH
ARE OFTEN RULE- YOU KNOW
COUNTIES UP IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA. AND THE HAVE YOU
KNOW FOLKS FROM LA PREVENT THEM
FROM DOING THESE EVENTS THERE
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
LOS ANGELES I THINK IS NOT FAIR
AND IT'S NOT HEALTHY AND IS-
JUST PUTTING DOWN OTHER CANNABIS
COMPANIES WHAT WE NEED TO BE
WORKING TOGETHER AND SUPPORTING
EACH OTHER. INSTEAD OF PUTTING
EACH OTHER DOWN. THANK YOU THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY- NEXT
PLEASE SUPPORT. THEM FEMIGRA
GUESS ON BEHALF OF THE FARMERS
GREAT NEIGHBOR SUNK CAN FARMER.
BUT HUNDRED TERM NORTH OF LA
STRONG SUPPORT THANK YOU SIR
NEXT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON WE
CAN WORK WITH THE ROLE COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVES CALIFORNIA IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE.
AFTERNOON EIGHT A WELDER WITH
THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION
OF COUNTIES IN SUPPORT THANK YOU
NEXT PLEASE. HI THERE PAM LOPEZ
ON BEHALF OF CZ IN SUPPORT THANK
YOU NEXT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON
AND CUBA ARE CAROLINE'S ON
BEHALF OF KEY EVENTS OF THE YOU
. EXPLIQUE FEATURE MEMBERS
TOMORROW NUMBER HOW OF THE
COMPANY ONE OF THOSE LAW
COMPANIES THAT ACTUALLY. IN
SMALL. IN SUPPORT OF THIS A DAY
THANK YOU SIR NEXT. IS THIS ON
OUR BEHALF OF HUMBLE AMENDED
COUNTY BORDERS. AND THANKS NEXT
PLEASE. HELLO THE MODEL MAY HAVE
A COUPLE NORMALS IT'S FOR THANKS
THANK YOU. IN THE SECOND SERVING
OF THE K. CANNABIS AND IS A- AND
CAL AND- THANK YOU MA'AM. ANY
OTHER WITH IN SUPPORT. THOSE
TURNED IN OPPOSITION LEADER OR
OTHER FOR LEAD WITNESS ENOUGH IF
ARE IN. WE GET. GOOD CHAIRMAN
AND COMMITTEE AS MEMBERS I AM
AGAIN ALLEY BEAR. MARIN
RESIDENTS FOR PUBLIC CANADA
POLICY AND I AM IN STRONG
OFFICE. OF A ALLOW AND A LOT. IF
AN ACTIVE AB ELEVEN ELEVEN WILL
UNDERMINE THE INTENT OF
PROPOSITION SIXTY FOUR TO
PROTECT CHILDREN AND YOUTH FROM
CANNABIS MARKETING. WHILE MOST
CALIFORNIANS VOTED FOR PROP
SIXTY FOUR MANY OF US DID SO TO
PROTECT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
FROM HER SERRATION RATHER THAN
TO ENCOURAGE INCREASED
CONSUMPTION AND INTERESTINGLY
CALIFORNIA- IN SAUSALITO KNOWN
FOR ITS SAUSALITO SALTY CULTURE
RECENTLY VOTED NO BY 75% AGAINST
LOCAL CANNABIS RETAIL
STOREFRONTS WHILE THEY ALSO WERE
ONE OF THE LARGEST ON PROPONENTS
OF PROP SIXTY FOUR. IN ADDITION
TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CONCERNS LIKE DRUGGED DRIVING-
THE NATIONAL- INSTITUTE OF DRUG
ABUSE SHOWS THAT CANNABIS IS THE
DRUGS. OTHER THAN ALCOHOL THAT
IS MOST OFTEN FOUND IN THE BLOOD
OF DRIVERS INVOLVED IN CRASHES
OTHER THAN THIS MAJOR PUBLIC
HEALTH THE CONSENSUS. ONE KEY
REASON FOR THE RESOUNDING NO
VOTE IN SAUSALITO WAS THE NEED
TO PROTECT USE FROM THE
MISPERCEPTION THAT CANNABIS IS
HARMLESS. DATA SHOWS THAT HIGH
POTENCY CANNABIS PRODUCTS ARE
CAUSING AN ALARMING INCREASE IN
BOTH ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH
ILLNESSES INCLUDING PSYCHOSIS
AND SUICIDALITY IN BOTH ADULTS
AND USE. YET DESPITE THE STATE
AT THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY
BLATANTLY TARGETS USE WITH
PRODUCTS LIKE KNOCKING CHARMS
COLORED CANNABIS MARSHMALLOW
TREATS. AND SMOKE PROOF SCHOOL
THAT. WE OPPOSE AB ELEVEN ELEVEN
PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT WILL
FURTHER EXPOSE EXPOSE YOUTH TO
THIS TYPE OF CANNABIS MARKETING
AT TEMPORARY EVENTS LIKE FAIRS
AND FESTIVALS AND FARMERS
MARKETS. NORMALIZING CANNABIS
CONSUMPTION AT FAMILY EVENTS
FURTHER GENERATES THE
MISCONCEPTION THAT CANNABIS IS
HARMLESS DESPITE INCREASING DATA
PROVING THAT TODAY'S HIGH
POTENCY THC IS DEFINITELY NOT.
PLEASE DO NOT SACRIFICE OUR
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY BY
ALLOWING THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY.
TO TURN FAMILY ORIENTED EVENTS
INTO NEW MARKETING AND
CONSUMPTION OPPORTUNITIES PLEASE
VOTE NO ON AB ELEVEN ELEVEN
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US SPEND NEXT PLEASE
- THANK YOU FOR THE THIRD
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE
TODAY- SO THIS IS THE THIRD TIME
THIS BILL HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO
THE LEGISLATOR FOR THE PAST FIVE
YEARS IN EACH YEAR IT'S HIGHLY
DIVISIVE. IT'S CULTIVATORS WERE
TRYING TO MONOPOLIZE THE ENTIRE
SUPPLY CHAIN BY UNDERMINING THE
PURPOSE AND INTENT. OF PROP
SIXTY FOUR. BY ABILITY RATING
THE LINE BETWEEN LICENSE TYSON
TAKING A SELF SERVING APPROACH
TO WHERE THE LINE IS DRAWN THESE
CLEARLY DEFINED ROLES ARE A
CHECKS AND BALANCES BUILT
THROUGHOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN. TO
PROPERLY REGULATE AND ENFORCE
THE INTENT OF PROP SIXTY FOUR
AND THERE ARE A THOUSAND
RETAILERS THAT WOULD OBJECT THAT
THIS DOES NOT FURTHER THAT
INTENT. NOT A SINGLE ECONOMIC
CALCULATION ESTIMATION
POSTULATION EVEN FABRICATION
HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO ESTABLISH
THE BENEFITS OF THIS BILL TO A
SYSTEM THAT IS STRUGGLING TO
FIND A COMPETITIVE PRICE. THAT
ONE TYPES CONSUMERS AWAY FROM
ILLICIT AND UNREGULATED MARKET.
IF THIS BILL TALKED ABOUT
OPENING NEW MARKETS INSTEAD OF
REDISTRIBUTING THE LIMITED AN
EXISTING REVENUE THAT WE CAN
TALK ABOUT RAISING ALL SHIPS.
WHY WOULD WE ALLOW THOUSANDS OF
CULTIVATORS TO FLOOD EXISTING
RETAIL MARKETS. A REPORT FROM CD
TFA JUST CAME OUT SAYING THAT
ALMOST THREE HUNDRED RETAILERS
DID NOT FILE THEIR FIRST QUARTER
EXCISE TAXES. SHOWING THE TREND
THE DEMAND FOR LEGALLY PRICE
PRODUCTS IS WANING. WE REMOVE
CULTIVATION TAXES THREE EIGHTY
ONE NINETY FIVE IN AN EFFORT TO
SUPPORT THE CULTIVATION SECTOR
OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN. NOW WE'RE
BEING ASKED ONCE AGAIN TO PROP
UP THE CULTIVATION SECTOR BY
GIVING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO
ONE PORTION OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN
AT THE DETRIMENT OF ANOTHER. WE
DON'T NEED THE OVER SUPPLY
CREATED BY THE CULTIVATORS TO
NOW BE AN OVERSUPPLY OF
RETAILERS IN EXISTING RETAIL
MARKET. I WERE ABLE TO LOOK
PAST. THE VIOLATIONS OF PROP
SIXTY FOUR AND WE HUMOR THE IDEA
OF THOUSANDS OF CULTIVATORS
FLOODING EXISTING RETAIL
MARKETS. WE'VE ASKED THE AUTHOR
FOR TEN POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO
GET A MORE EQUITABLE. AND EQUAL
PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL SPECIAL
EVENT RETAILERS AND NONE OF THEM
WERE ACCEPTED. ONE AMENDMENT ASK
FOR A LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER
OF DAYS ANYONE LOCATION COULD BE
OPEN FOR SPECIAL EVENT RETAIL SO
WE DON'T HAVE A PERPETUAL
FARMERS MARKET EVERY WEEKEND.
WHERE THE RESOURCES FOR
ENFORCING THE SIXTY THOUSAND
DAYS THESE TEMPORARY RETAILERS
WILL BE ENTERING THE MARKET
PLACE. I DON'T SEE A BUDGET THAT
OVERSEES ALL THE DIVERSION
OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS
APPROPRIATION ANALYSIS. NOW I'M
NOT POINTING A FINGER TO ANYONE
CULTIVATOR. BUT WHEN THE
MAJORITY OF THE FLOWER GROWN IN
THE STATE DOESN'T END UP IN THE
REGULATED MARKET THAT I'M JUST
FOLLOWING THE STATISTICAL
PROBABILITIES. THAT NOT ALL OF
THEM ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW.
BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER HANDOUT
OR BAIL OUT TO THE SECTOR OF THE
SUPPLY CHAIN THE KEEPS GROWING
TEN TIMES MORE PRODUCT IS
PURCHASED BY THE LEGAL CANNABIS
MARKET. LET'S START LOWERING THE
COST AND HARDSHIPS TO THE
CONSUMER FACING PORTION OF THE
CANNABIS INDUSTRY BEFORE WE KICK
OPEN THE DOOR FOR CULTIVATORS TO
DIVERT THEIR EXCESSIVE.
PRODUCTION TO CONSUMERS WILL BE
CONFUSED ABOUT WHY THIS
CULTIVATOR WHAT THE LEGAL
RETAILER ONE DAY. AND THE NEXT
DAY THEY'RE DELIVERING
UNREGULATED CAMPUS PRODUCTS TO
THEIR DOOR FOR HALF THE COST OF
THE REGULATED MARKET. IF YOU
HAVEN'T HEARD YET MENDOCINO
COUNTY HAS HAD MULTIPLE FARMERS
MARKETS. IN THE LAST NINE MONTHS
WERE MULTIPLE FARMERS WERE
DISPLAYED. AND WHERE RETAILERS
WERE THERE TO ACCEPT THE TO STOP
THE PAYMENTS AND TO ALL THE
RETAIL SALES. SO THE SYSTEM IS
CURRENTLY WORKING. THIS GROUP
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT ALL. THANK
CUT OUT SOCIAL EQUITY AMOUNT OF
POP LEGACY RETAILERS THAT HAVE
ALSO STRUGGLE THROUGH
LEGALIZATION. FOR THEIR OWN
PERSONAL GAIN. LET'S MAKE IT
CLEAR LOS ANGELES IS THE LARGEST
RETAIL MARKET IN THE STATE. AND
WE HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE
COMMUNICATION WITH ALL CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS IN AN EFFORT TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE-
LICENSES THAT WOULD INCLUDE
SPECIAL EVENTS. SO WHEN YOU HEAR
THAT LOS ANGELES IS NOT.
INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL EVENTS
FACTOR CURRENTLY WELL WE'RE
LOOKING AT FOUR TO SIX MONTHS
BEFORE THEY ARE. AND I DON'T
WANT TO HAVE TO GO TO THE CITY
OF LOS ANGELES WHICH HAVE
ALREADY DONE. AND MAKE THEM
CREATE LEGISLATION AND
REGULATIONS TO LIMIT OR ENFORCE
NO OUTSIDE RETAILERS INSIDE THE
CITY OF LOS ANGELES WE ARE ALSO
ASKING. MULTIPLE CITIES. ELEVEN
OF WHICH HAVE HAD SPECIAL EVENTS
THAT ALSO HAVE VERY ROBUST
RETAIL MARKETS. NOW IF WE'RE
GOING ASK CURRENTLY EXISTING
RETAIL MARKETS WERE ALL THE
SPECIAL EVENTS ARE CURRENTLY
APPROVED TO NOW HAVE THE UNDUE
COMPETITION. THAT IS DEFINITELY
THERE FROM THOUSANDS OF
CULTIVATORS MOVING INTO THOSE
COMMUNITIES. IF I HAD A LINE
OUTSIDE MY DOOR WAITING FOR
DEMAND TO COME INTO MY LEGAL
RETAIL SPACE THEN I WOULD ACCEPT
THE FACT THAT WE NEED AS MANY
RETAILERS IN THE STATE IS
POSSIBLE. THIS DOES NOT RAISE
ALL SHIPS IT PUTS A LOT OF
PRESSURE. ON SOCIAL EQUITY
APPLICANTS AND I'M UNFORTUNATE
TO SAY THAT I THOUGHT WE HAD
ALREADY ESTABLISHED. TWO OF OUR
OPPOSITION. TO THIS BILL TO COME
UP AND SPEAK UNFORTUNATELY ONE
OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIAL
EQUITY GROUPS IS ALSO A RETAILER
IN LOS ANGELES WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT THIS. BUT
HE WILL BE HERE TO ONLY SAY ME
TOO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS IS A
HIGHLY DIVISIVE BILL I DO NOT
THINK WE SHOULD BE FAVORING ONE
SECTOR THE SUPPLY CHAIN AT THE
DETRIMENT OF THE OTHER. PLEASE
VOTE NO ON AB ELEVEN ELEVEN FOR
THE THIRD TIME. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU NEXT PLEASE NAME AFFILIATION
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EQUITY OPERATING LOS ANGELES
BOARD MEMBER OF SOCIAL EQUITY
OWNERS. AND OPERATORS AND WERE
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TODAY ANY OTHER OPPOSITION
WITNESSES IN ROOM TWENTY ONE
HUNDRED. SEEING THEIR LET'S TURN
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MODERATOR PLEASE PROMPT ANYONE.
WELL THE LINE WISHING TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION TO
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OF COURSE LATER MANY FISH MAKE A
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THE FIRST ONE. ZERO WILL BE
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PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI MY NAME ONE
TWENTY ON THE U. S. C. W. SEVEN.
INFO YET L. A. COUNTY. VEHICLE.
EIGHT ELEVEN. NEXT WE'RE GOING
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MY. YEAH BEHALF OF GROWTH ARE
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HI DIANA THE ON BEHALF OF FIRST
DATA. IN AND I TO- LET THANK YOU
. EXACTLY LOS ANGELES FOR FOUR
PLEASE AHEAD. POLICE ON BEHALF
OF CATHOLIC ONLY WHEN TO IN FACT
. IF YOU ALLOW OUT OF. THANK YOU
NEXT PLEASE. NO ON THE LINE FOR
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NEXT WE'RE GOING TO LINE. PLEASE
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PLEASE. WE'RE GOING TO ONE FORTY
NINE PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO MY
NAME IS ERIC HERE I'M FROM YOU.
AND ICE OPPOSE BILL A ELEVEN ALL
.
ALEX HAD A CLIENT AT THE
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AND PRESIDENT OF LA CANNABIS
COMPANY AND I STRONGLY OPPOSE AB
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I AM FROM COMMERCIAL OF
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BATTLE GOING TO LINE EIGHT
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI THIS IS A
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WELLNESS STRONGLY OPPOSING A. B.
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PLEASE. MEXICO INTO LINE FIFTY
EIGHT PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI THIS
IS KATHY FERNANDEZ WITH MARIN
HEALTHY PARTNERSHIP I OPPOSE AB
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YOU MA'AM NEXT PLEASE. BACK TO
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HELLO CARLA POLIDORI RESPECTED
IN THE UC A TRADE ASSOCIATION IN
THE HIGHER PATH AND I STRONGLY
OPPOSE A. B. ELEVEN ELEVEN.
THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE. NEXT ONE
TO ONE FORTY SIX PLEASE GO AHEAD
. HELLO MY NAME IS NICOLE VAN
THAT I AM A MEMBER AT THE UFCW
CANADA'S WORKER UNION AND LIKE
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PLEASE. THANKS FOR THE LINE
THIRTEEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO
MY NAME IS LYNETTE MEDINA
ARIANNA I AM A U. S. THE W.
LOCAL SEVEN ELEVEN THIRTY AT LA
CANNABIS COMPANY I STRONGLY
OPPOSE. EIGHTEEN ONE ELEVEN.
THANK YOU. NEXT WITNESS PLEASE.
THANKS FOR THE LINE FORTY EIGHT
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS
ARNOLD BUT I MEAN- I MEAN A
TRADE IN LABOR ASSOCIATION AND
WE STRONGLY OPPOSE ELEVEN
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THAT'S ABOUT A LINE FIFTY SIX
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI MY NAME IS
OLIVIA RAW ON THE HALF OF THE
BILL CANNABIS RETAILERS ALLIANCE
ANGELES SEVERAL CALIFORNIA
MINORITY ALLIANCE AND SOCIAL
EQUITY LA AND WE STRONGLY OPPOSE
AB ELEVEN. THANK YOU NEXT
WITNESS. THANKS FOR THE LINE
FIFTY SEVEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI
MY NAME IS JAMES DOUGHERTY I'M
CALLING MY FOR THE ELEMENT GROUP
IN LOS ANGELES. I'M CALLING TO
SAY THAT I STRONGLY OPPOSE
EIGHTY ELEVEN ELEVEN THANK YOU.
THANK YOU NEXT. NESTLER LINE
TWENTY TWO PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI
MY NAME IS GABBY HERNANDEZ
RECORDERS ORLEANS AND IT'S ONLY
BECAUSE EIGHTY ELEVEN ELEVEN.
THANK YOU NEXT WITNESS. NATIONAL
ALLIANCE FORTY PLEASE GO AHEAD.
HELLO MY NAME IS ARGHA MONTEZ
VETO SHOP OWNER AND NOT JUDGING
. IT'S LICENSE TO HAVE GROW UP
STRONG OPPOSING INBEV. OKAY
THANK YOU PLEASE. NATURAL FIFTY
FIVE PLEASE GO AHEAD. NEXT ON
THE LINE SIXTY ONE PLEASE GO
AHEAD. HI MY NAME IS MARTIN TO
TEARS FROM THE TREE IN LAKE
ELSINORE AND I STRONGLY OPPOSED
SB ELEVEN ABOUT. THANK YOU NEXT
PLEASE. NESTLER LINE SIXTEEN
PLEASE GO AHEAD. ZERO ONE THIRTY
ONE PLEASE GO AHEAD. THIRTY ONE
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. NEXT PLEASE.
THE LINE TWENTY SIX PLEASE GO
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LOCAL ARMENIAN. I LIKE ANOTHER
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ELEVEN. NATURAL LINE ELEVEN
PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI MY NAME OF
THE LONGER GARCIA I AM A UFCW
LOCAL SEVEN SEVENTY EMPLOYEES AT
LEAST TEN OF THE SOMETHING AND
AYE OPPOSED SB ELEVEN ELEVEN.
THANK YOU NEXT WITNESS PLEASE
NATURAL ONE THIRTY NINE PLEASE
GO AHEAD. OKAY. YES MY NAME IS
LOUIS HAIR INCLUDES FARMS AND I
OPPOSE THIS. THANK YOU THANK YOU
NEXT. NATURAL LINE SIXTY THREE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. I'M VERY
GRATEFUL FAMILY FOR MANY LONG
TERM IMPERIAL COUNTY OPPOSING AB
ONE ONE ONE THANK YOU. THANK YOU
NEXT PLEASE. MEXICO LINE SIXTY
TWO PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI MY NAME
IS SARAH AM USING W. LOCAL
CURRENTLY AT ANY KIND OF THIS
COMPANY AYE OPPOSED ECONOMIC.
ELEVEN ELEVEN. THANK YOU NECK
WITNESS PLEASE. AND THERE'S
CURRENTLY NO ONE ELSE IN THE
QUEUE MISTER CHAIR. THANK YOU
MODERATOR- LET'S BRING THE
MATTER BACK TO THE DAIS TWO OF
MY COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS AND
QUESTIONS MISTER CHAIR. YES
MA'AM I JUST RECEIVED A TEXT
MESSAGE FROM THE ADVOCATE FOR U.
S. T. W. I. SHE'S TRYING TO CALL
IN BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IN
SHE ASKED ME TO CLARIFY FOR THE
COMMITTEE THAT YOU HAVE C. W. IS
NEUTRAL ON THIS BILL THANK YOU.
SERIOUSLY I MEAN I THINK I WANT
TO SPEAK OKAY. FIRST OF ALL. YOU
KNOW M. THIS IS A GREAT AUTHOR
YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL AUTHOR WHO
I CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
DO HERE THEN I. I APPLAUD THE
EFFORTS. HAVING WORKED AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL FOR THE LAST TWELVE
YEARS I'VE WALKED THROUGH
CANNABIS IMPLEMENTATION ALL THE
WAY FROM MEDICINAL TO WHERE WE
ARE NOW IN SACRAMENTO IT'S BEEN
A BIT OF A OF. A FRONT RUNNER IN
A LOT OF THESE ISSUES AND DOES
HOST THESE EVENTS AND IS ONE OF
THE LARGE CITIES THAT DOES IT
IN. AND SO I ACTUALLY HAVE QUITE
A BIT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA
ALONE I'M NOT SURE THIS IS
SOMETHING ANYONE EVER SETS OUT
TO. WORK ON INTENTIONALLY BUT
IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WE STILL HAVE TO WORK OUT. WHEN
I THINK THE PROBLEM WITH THIS
BILL IS THAT BOTH SIDES WANT THE
SAME THING. AND THEY DON'T AGREE
ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL MAKE
IT BETTER OR THIS WILL MAKE IT
WORSE AND I REALLY THINK THAT'S
THE ISSUE I THINK MOST PEOPLE
AGREE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE GET THE EQUITY FOLKS A CHANCE
IN. AND I KNOW THE LOCAL LEVEL
WE MADE A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT
I PERSONALLY FELT WE'RE GOING TO
HURT THE EQUITY COMMUNITY. OUT
ONE OF THOSE THOUGH WAS FLOODING
THE MARKET. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU
HAVE TOO MUCH IN THE MARKET IT
FLOODS OUT THE PEOPLE THAT
YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO ELEVATE
UP INSIDE AT MARKET THAT
DEFINITELY HAPPENED. IN
SACRAMENTO AND IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT TO RECUPERATE FROM.
BECAUSE YOU YOU CAN'T JUST KICK
PEOPLE OUT OF THE MARKET ONCE
THEY'RE IN. AND SO IT'S
CHALLENGING ABOUT THIS ISSUE YOU
HAVE MISTER SHOCKLEY GET UP AND
SPEAK VERY ELOQUENTLY TALKS
ABOUT BEING. AN EQUITY. PROVIDER
OR YOU KNOW- GROWER AND RETAILER
ETCETERA. WHOSE FOR THIS AND
THEN YOU HEAR FROM SEVERAL
EQUITY. FOLKS BOTH ON THE PHONE
AND HERE IN PERSON WHO. ARE
OPPOSED AND- I THINK THAT'S
BECAUSE IT'S UNCLEAR. WHETHER OR
NOT IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS WILL
HURT OR HELP. THE EQUITY GROUPS
THAT HAVE. TAKEN A LOT OF
PERSONAL FINANCIAL RISK. TO JUMP
INTO THIS MARKET AND THEN. YOU
HEAR FROM MR I DON'T KNOW IF
IT'S KYLO IS A KYLO. MISTER KYLO
WHO VERY CLEARLY LAYS OUT THE
POLICY ARGUMENT AND FOR ME. YOUR
WORDS ARE REALLY THAT'S VERY
IT'S THE SAME WITH WHAT I THINK
MOST CITY FOLKS WOULD SAY. I
KNOW THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL
PEOPLE IN FAVOR WHO SAID THIS
SUPPORTS LOCAL CONTROL. IT
REALLY DOESN'T BECAUSE IF YOU
SWITCH YOUR LICENSING TO THE
STATE THEN THE STATE IS THE
OVERSIGHT ENTITY. AND AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL THERE ARE DIFFERENT
OVERSIGHT AFFORD RETAILERS
VERSUS GROWER SO. BUT ON THE
OTHER HAND A LOT OF TIMES
GROWERS AND SOME CITIES AND
REGIONS. HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO THE
PLACE WHERE. AB VERTICAL
INTEGRATION IS REALLY POSSIBLE
FOR EVERYBODY BUT THAT WOULD BE
IDEALLY THE WAY TO DO THIS I
MEAN IDEALLY THE WAY THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SHOULD SET OUT TO
ACHIEVE. THESE GOALS ABOUT THE
MARKET AND RIGHT SIZING THE
MARKET IS THROUGH VERTICAL
INTEGRATION. WHERE THE WHERE THE
GROWERS ARE WORKING WITH THE
RETAILERS WHO ARE WORKING WITH
THAT. YOU KNOW ALL THE DIFFERENT
GROUPS RIGHT AND ESPECIALLY AS
WE GET INTO. DELIVERY AND ALL
THESE OTHER ASPECTS THAT ARE
STILL AHEAD OF US IN THIS
EMERGING. MARKET BUT I'M HAVING
A REALLY HARD TIME WITH HOW
ADDING FOUR THOUSAND. NEW
ENTITIES LICENSED BY THE STATE.
WOULD HELP EQUITY. AYE AYE. MR
SHOCKLEY'S COMMENTS WERE SO
STRONG. BUT I JUST HI I'M HAVING
A HARD TIME. WITH BELIEVING THAT
THIS IN IMPLEMENTATION I KNOW
HERE IN SACRAMENTO. ACTUALLY
THINK IT WOULD KNOCK OUT EQUITY
PROVIDERS. WHO'VE DONE THE EXTRA
WORK TO GET THAT RETAIL LICENSE
OR- TO MOVE HIMSELF INTO A
VERTICAL INTEGRATION SYSTEM WITH
SOMEBODY ELSE WHO HAS A RETAIL
LICENSE. AND THEN THERE THERE
BEING THE GROWER SO I WISH IT
WAS CLEAR AT LEAST TO ME MAYBE
I'M JUST A NEW SENATOR. AND NOT
SEEN IT REAL CLEARLY BUT FROM MY
LOCAL HIGH. I'M HAVING A HARD
TIME. SEEING HOW THIS SUPPORTS
LOCAL DECISION MAKING BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T TAKES CODE ENFORCEMENT
AND LOCAL BUSINESS LICENSING
COMPLETELY OUT OF THE MIX. SO NO
LOCAL OVERSIGHT FOR STANDARDS.
IT DOES ALLOW THE PERMITTING A
PERMITTING STRESS ABOUT EVENTS
THAT'S NOT LIKE AN ON GOING. YOU
KNOW. A DEAL WHERE YOU'RE WHERE
YOU'RE COMING OUT MAKING SURE
PEOPLE ARE PAYING THEIR TAXES
AND- AND BEING HELD TO THE SAME
STANDARDS AS THE OTHER PEOPLE
WHO ARE ALLOWED TO BE. DOING
RETAIL SO I DO THINK IT'S A
SLIPPERY SLOPE I THINK IT PULLS
AWAY FROM LOCAL CONTROL AND
ULTIMATELY I GUESS FOR ME AT THE
END OF THE DAY. I THINK IT HURTS
THE EQUITY ENTITIES WHICH IS
WHAT I'M TRYING TO CAST MY VOTE
FOR. ASSIGNMENT A LAYOFF TODAY.
BUT I'LL KEEP MY EYES ON IT AND
SEE IF THERE ARE CHANGES MADE
OR- OTHER PEOPLE UP HERE HAVE
ADVICE IF IT COMES THE SENATE
FLOOR AND I THINK. THERE'S BEEN
SOME CHANGE TO IT BECAUSE I
REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO RIGHT I SEE THAT
VERY CLEARLY YEAH IT'S REALLY
EVEN AT SMALL KEEPING IT LOCAL.
YOU KNOW SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL
EQUITY CULTIVATORS AND GIVING
THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELL
DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS AND WELL
THE SAID EARLIER THIS IS NOT
GOING TO OCCUR AT A FARMER'S
MARKET ALONGSIDE OF YOU SELLING
YOU KNOW. BUYING YOUR VEGETABLES
RICE IS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL
EVENT THAT'S HIGHLY REGULATED.
ONLY PEOPLE TWENTY ONE AND OVER
CAN COME AND THERE'S PACKAGING
REGULATIONS AS WELL AND
LIMITATIONS ON HOW MUCH PEOPLE
CAN BY. LIMITING IT TO ACCOUNT
SO. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE- FEELING
THAT THIS KIND OF EVENT WILL
THEN ANTI SOMEBODY THAN TO SAY
HEY I LIKE THAT THAT HELP WITH
THAT. PAIN IN MY BACK I'VE BEEN
EXPERIENCING A I'M GONNA GO TO
THE RETAIL STORE AND BUYS MARC.
SURE WE DO HAVE THOSE KINDS OF
EVENTS IN SACRAMENTO THEY ARE
PERMITTED HERE IT'S JUST THAT. I
THINK ADDING THOSE ADDITIONAL
FOUR THOUSAND BUSINESSES WOULD
HURT THE COMPANIES THAT ARE
ALREADY IN THE MIX. BETTER
TRYING TO SEE THAT MARKET SO
THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M AT NOW AND
I GET IT BECAUSE OF THAT THE
EVENTS WILL OCCUR UNLESS THE
LOCAL JURISDICTIONS RIGHT AS-
YES WE WANT THEM THERE. AND IT-
OF SACRAMENTO DIDN'T WANT THEM
THEN THEY DON'T HAVE THAT
EXACTLY. SIMILAR LET ME JUST A
QUICK QUESTION. DID YOU EXPLORE
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF- THE
TOTAL EVENT DAYS BELOW THIRTY
TWO TO SEE IF THAT ADDRESSED ANY
OF THE OBJECTIONS. WE ARRIVED AT
THIRTY TWO- WE HAVE YEAH. REGUL
MARK SMITH ON BEHALF OF ORIGINS
COUNCIL OF PRINCIPLE TESTIFIED
EARLIER WE ARRIVED AT THIRTY TWO
DAYS BECAUSE OF AN ASSEMBLY B.
AND P. COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
REQUESTS. REGIONALLY WE PROPOSED
THE ABILITY TO DO THIS A
TEMPORARY LICENSE CANNABIS
EVENTS NO MORE THAN TWELVE TIMES
A YEAR. SO ONCE A MONTH. BNP
COMMITTEE SUGGESTED EIGHT
EVENTS. EVENTS MAY BE AS LONG AS
FOUR DAYS SO EIGHT EVENTS TIMES
FOUR DAYS. LEADS TO THIRTY TWO
DAYS TOTAL SO THE THIRTY TWO
DAYS REFLECTS THE AMENDMENT THAT
WAS REQUESTED BY THE ASSEMBLY
BMP COMMITTEE. I SEE THANK YOU
WE DON'T NEGOTIATE A MEMBERS
FROM THE DAIS BUT I JUST CURIOUS
THANKS. CALLING THE OTHER
QUESTIONS. CENTER BAKER. THANK
YOU ARE TRYING TO. JEFFERS I
ALSO HAVE A- TWO MINUTE SPAN
RESPECT FOR THE AUTHOR AND
APPRECIATE WHAT. WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO HERE- I ALSO
HOWEVER HAVE. CONCERNS I JUST
FEELS LIKE. THIS IS NOT MY AREA
OF EXPERTISE ALL ALL ADMIT BUT-
IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE- HAD A LOT
OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW
RETAIL IS STRUGGLING- WE'VE ALSO
HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
HOW THE STATE IS STRUGGLING
ENFORCEMENT IS STRUGGLING. SO
JUST KIND OF ON THOSE PIECES IT
FEELS LIKE THE WRONG TIME TO DO
THIS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE
RETAIL. MARKET TO COMPETE WITH
THE ILLICIT MARKET. AND AGAIN
WE'RE STRUGGLING TO DO THAT BUT
WERE. HAVE A LOT OF THE STUFF
WE'RE TRYING TO DO OVER THIS. IS
WHAT THIS CURRENT SESSION- AND
THEN WE ALL KNOW HOW THE STATE
IS STRUGGLING ENFORCEMENT TO
ADDING A LOT OF OTHER
SIGNIFICANT. REGULATIONS THAT
SEEM PRETTY COMPLICATED IT JUST
DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS A TIME
I DO HAVE A CONCERN I DO
APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT
WERE MADE. BY THE OPPOSITION OF
YOU KNOW OF POTENTIALLY HAVING
THE SAID IF AT A FARMER'S MARKET
WITH THAT OPENS AT OPPORTUNITY
OR NOT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING THAT THAT MAKES YOU FEEL
BETTER THAT SERVICE SEPARATE.
YOU KNOW KIND OF SPECIAL- EVENT
BUT- YOU KNOW WITH LIMITATIONS.
BUT BUT YOU KNOW AGAIN I JUST
DON'T HAVE CONCERNS I'M JUST NOT
SURE THIS IS THE- THE RIGHT
OPPORTUNITIES ARE POSITIVELY FOR
BUDGET BRIEFING BUT I. APPLY THE
STING OFFICE FOR A LOOK FORWARD
AT THE OPEN TO IT GOING FORWARD
THANK YOU CENTER ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS. SEEING NONE SIMILAR.
TO CLOSE S. THANK YOU SO AS I
PREVIOUSLY SAID THIS IS THE BILL
IS GOING TO HELP OUR LOCAL. A
SMALL EQUITY CULTIVATORS AT IT
THIS IS NOT GOING TO DRIVE OUT
RETAILERS IS ACTUALLY CAN DRIVE
BUSINESS TO THE RETAILERS. THINK
ABOUT GOING WINE TASTING YOU
ENJOY THAT BOTTLE OF WINE THAT
YOU HAD OR THAT SAID THAT YOU
HAD AND YOUR TICKET ON THE LABEL
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA GO TO YOUR
LOCAL RETAIL OUTLET. AND BUY
SOME MORE OF IT FOR AN EVENT
YOU'RE GOING TO DO SO- THIS IS
WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO PLANT THE
SEEDS AND- AND ALLOW FOR OUR
LOCAL SMALL GROWERS TO STAY IN
BUSINESS. SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOUR AYE VOTE. LET'S SEE IF WE
HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE A
MOTION ON THE BILL. WE HAVE A
MOTION BY SENATOR OR CHULA. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSED TO SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ROTH HI ROTH I WENT. WHEN
NOW OF OUR GUILT. ARCHULETA
ARCHULETA HI ASHLEY. BAKER DODD.
EGGMAN GLAZER. NERO NERO I.
SMALLER CREVICE. WAHAD WILK.
KERN VOTE IS THREE TO ONE WILL
HOLD THE ROPE INFRACTION MEMBERS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN ASSEMBLY BILL
ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO ASSEMBLY
MEMBER PETRIE-NORRIS. RECEIVING
READY. GOOD AFTERNOON MISTER
CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
PLEASE JOIN YOU TODAY TO PRESENT
A. B. ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO THE GOAL
OF AB ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO IS TO
MAXIMIZE THAT FEDERAL DOLLARS
THAT CALIFORNIA RECEIVES OR THE
NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AS PART OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
AND JOBS ACT OF TWENTY TWENTY
ONE AND THE INFLATION REDUCTION
ACT OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO
PARTICULARLY FOR CLIMATE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND
CLIMATE INNOVATION. AS WE ALL
KNOW AT THE I. R. A. AND I. I.
J. A. REPRESENT A TRULY
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY FOR
CALIFORNIA HI THIS HISTORIC
MULTI TRILLION DOLLAR
INVESTMENTS I BELIEVE THAT IS A
HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY THERE'S
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS HUNDREDS
OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE
TABLE FOR CALIFORNIA I FOR. A
NUMBER OF OUR PRICING PRIORITIES
TO REBUILD OUR TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE REBUILD OUR WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE ON AND CRITICALLY
TO INVEST IN CLIMATE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO
INCENTIVIZE CLIMATE INNOVATION.
I HAD THE IN THE KINDS OF
INNOVATIONS THAT ARE CRITICAL
BOTH FOR CALIFORNIA TO ACHIEVE
OUR CLIMATE GOALS AND ALSO TO
ENSURE THAT WE ARE THE BIRTH
PLACE FOR THE BREAKTHROUGHS AND
INNOVATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO
ENABLE US TO ACHIEVE OUR CLIMATE
GOALS ON A GLOBAL SCALE. I SU HI
IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE THAT
PROMISE A REALITY WE'VE GOT TO
ENSURE TRANSPARENCY EFFICIENCY
AND EFFECTIVENESS OF STATE I J.
A AND IRATE FUNDING ACROSS TAX
FEE AND RATE PROGRAMS. IN THE
CONTEXT OF OUR STATE'S AMBITIOUS
ENERGY AND CLIMATE GOALS AND TO
DO THAT WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN. I AB ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO
WILL REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S ANNUAL BUDGET
PLANNING PROCESS TO CREATE AND
SUBMIT A DECARBONISATION FUNDING
PLAN TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE. I
IN DOING SO AB ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO
WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT
HOW EFFECTIVE OUR STATE'S.
CURRENT PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES
OUR PROVIDING STAY. WITH ACCESS
TO VOTE AND STATE FUNDING. I
BELIEVE THIS INFORMATION IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL FOR THE
LEGISLATURE AS WELL AS THE
PUBLIC IN THE PLANNING OF
PROJECTS NECESSARY. TO BUILD THE
CLIMB INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE
NEED TO ACHIEVE CARBON
NEUTRALITY. AND TO ENSURE THAT
CALIFORNIA DELIVERS ON OUR CLEAN
ENERGY AND CLIMATE GOALS. AS A
PLEASED TO BE JOINED TODAY BY.
MEXICO BARFLY WHO IS JOINING US
FROM THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC
BALANCE. WE RECEIVED. HI MY NAME
IS X. GROW I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE CALVIN COUNTS FOR VERY MUCH
NOT BALANCE OF BUSINESS LABOR
ORGANIZATION- HERE. CALIFORNIA'S
COMMITMENT TO CLIMATE CHANGES-
WORLD LEADING AND THIS
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY YOU
KNOW ONCE IN A LIFETIME ONCE IN
A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY FROM
THE FEDS. HIGHLIGHT THE-
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PURSUE AN
AND RECEIVE. THESE FUNDS IF WE
CAN LEVERAGE SOME OF THE STATE
INCENTIVES WHICH ARE SILENT
ACROSS MULTIPLE AGENCIES BOARDS
DEPARTMENTS COMMISSIONS. AND
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN AB
ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO IS AN ANNUAL
KIND OF LOOK BACK AS PART OF THE
BUDGET PROCESS IN ORDER TO ALLOW
US- THE LEGISLATURE THE PUBLIC.
TO BETTER INTERACT WITH THE
MULTITUDE OF FUNDS IN ORDER TO
ENSURE THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING
THESE THINGS EFFECTIVELY AND
EFFICIENTLY- YOU BRING IN MORE
HOME. TO CALIFORNIA WHERE WE DO
HAVE THE AMBITION AND WE HAVE
THE PLANS IN THE SCOPING PLAN
THE INTEGRATED- ENERGY POLICY
REPORT THE AYE PER AND SO ON
YOU'VE FROM THE ELECTRICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION. A
TO Z. GARBAGE ATION OF OUR
INDUSTRIES AND RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL SPACES- ABSOLUTELY
NEEDED- IN ORDER TO KIND OF MEET
THE MOMENT AND FLAVORS DOLLARS.
DOES THAT AND- HERE IN SUPPORT
AND YOU KNOW URGED THE COMMITTEE
SUPPORT IN HERE TO ANSWER ANY
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. ANY
OTHER WITH THE IN SUPPORT.
SEEING NONE OF STERN WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION LEAD OR OTHERWISE
HERE IN ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED
ANY WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION.
OKAY LET'S GO TO THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE MODERATOR
PLEASE PROMPT ANYONE WAITING ON
THE LINE TO TESTIFY EITHER IN
SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION. TO
ASSEMBLY BILL ELEVEN EIGHTY TWO
AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH
THEM. LUTERMAN A COMMENT ON THE
ABILITY TO PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN
ZERO AT THIS TIME. AMATEUR WE
HAVE NO COLLISION. OKAY LET'S
BRING THE MATTER BACK TO THE
DAVIS AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR
QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS THE
BILL. OKAY I THINK I'LL GIVE
THIS ONE TO SENATOR S. B.
URSULA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
EFFORTS. ASSEMBLY MEMBER WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CLOSE- I'LL THE
LEGISLATURE- I RESPECTFULLY
ASKING FOR YOUR IPHONE YOUR
LUCKY DAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION
BY SENATOR SP THE MOTION IS TO
PASS THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ROTH AYE
ROTH I WHEN. OF OUR GUILT ALL
RIGHT HOWEVER THE BILL I
ARCHULETA. ARCHULETA AYE ASHLEY
HI ASHLEY I BAKER. DODD EGGMAN.
LASER NERO. DILLON NO SMALLER
CUEVAS MODE PURPOSE I WILL HARM
WELL. KERN VOTE IS FIVE ONE WILL
HOLD OPEN FOR MEMBERS THANK YOU
AND THANK YOU. NEXT UP. I
REMEMBER EIGHT ASSEMBLY BILL
THIRTEEN SIXTY NINE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER BARCA FANS. IF. I DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS NOW. M.
MEMBERS GLORIA NOTHING MONDAY
WHO AM I AM HERE AT TO PRESENT
AB THIRTEEN SIXTY NINE A BILL
THAT EXPANDS HEALTH CARE OPTIONS
FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS.
THIS BILL CAME TO ME WHEN A DEAR
FRIEND OF MINE'S HUSBAND WAS
TERMINALLY ILL WITH A VERY RARE
TYPE OF CANCER. HE HAS TWO
BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN ABOUT MY KIDS
AGE AND WAS GIVEN VERY LITTLE
TIME TO LIVE. HE WAS TOLD HE HAD
NO OPTIONS THERE WAS ONLY ONE
OTHER PERSON IN THE COUNTRY IN
NEW YORK WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO HELP GIVE HIM A LITTLE
MORE TIME WITH HIS KIDS. IN
ORDER TO GET THAT CARE HE GOT ON
A PLANE INCREDIBLY SICK TRAVEL
TO NEW YORK AND UP IN THE
EMERGENCY ROOM HOSPITALIZED FROM
THE TRAVEL AND WHAT THAT DID TO
HIS BODY. AND EVENTUALLY WAS
ABLE TO SEE THE DOCTOR WHEN MY
FRIEND WALKED IN WITH HER
HUSBAND TO THE DOCTOR THE DOCTOR
SAID I WISH YOU WERE SOMEWHERE
ELSE IN CALIFORNIA YOU COULD
HAVE DONE THIS VIA TELEHEALTH.
SHE CALLED ME AS YOU COULD
IMAGINE VERY SHORTLY THERE AFTER
TO SAY HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE. HOW
DID THE STATE MAKE ME TRAVEL
WITH MY DYING HUSBAND. TO GET
THE CARE HE NEEDED AND THAT
BEGAN THE JOURNEY THAT IS AB
THIRTEEN SIXTY NINE. HE'S NO
LONGER WITH US BUT WE CAN DO FOR
OTHER PEOPLE WHAT WE DIDN'T DO
FOR HIM WHICH WAS GIVE HIM THE
DIGNITY TO GET A SECOND OPINION.
TO GET A SECOND CHANCE WITHOUT
GETTING ON A PLANE AND ALMOST
LOSING THOSE EXTRA MONTHS
BECAUSE THE TRAVEL WAS TOO HARD
ON HIS BODY. SO THIS BILL IS
REALLY SIMPLE IT ALLOWS
TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS TO SEEK
TELEHEALTH OUT OF STATE FOR
THEIR LAST OPTIONS WITH ME TODAY
IN SUPPORT IS KELLY GOSS WITH
THE ALS ASSOCIATION. WHO WILL
ALSO BE READING A STATEMENT FROM
AN INFECTED PERSON. KELLY THANK
YOU SOMEONE. THANK YOU TERRY-
ON. GERMAN ROTH AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE MY NAME IS KELLY
GOT SOME WITH THE ALS
ASSOCIATION. I AM PLEASED TO
PROVIDE COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF
EIGHT AB THIRTEEN SIXTY NINE
WHICH CREATES A NARROW EXCEPTION
TO ALLOW VIRTUAL CARE FOR A SICK
POSITIONS- OF OUR LICENSE IN
ANOTHER STATE. I FOR SMALL AND
HIGHLY VULNERABLE. I'M SUCH AS
THOSE LIVING WITH ALS. AS YOU
MAY KNOW. ELLIS'S A RARE
TERMINAL PROGRESSIVE NERVE
CENTER OF DISEASE AND WHICH
ONE'S BODY CONTINUALLY LOSES
MUCH MUSCLE FUNCTIONALITY UNTIL
OUR DEATH. I MEAN SURVIVAL TIME
IS TWO TO FIVE YEARS FROM.
DIAGNOSIS AND THE PROGRESSION
RATE. RANGE AND- VARIANCES
SYMPTOMS. THAT PRESENT- VARIES
AMONG PATIENTS- BUT ONE THING IS
CLEAR PEOPLE WITH ALS. BECOME
INCREASINGLY DEPENDENT ON ROUND
THE CLOCK CARE. AS THEIR
DISEASE- PROGRESSES AND THE
ABILITY DECLINES- SO THAT SUCH
THAT TRAVEL EVEN TO A LOCAL ALS
CLINIC FOR CARE CAN BE GRUELING
AND SOMETIMES EVEN IMPOSSIBLE.
NEEDLESS TO SAY. NOT
SURPRISINGLY TELEHEALTH HAS BEEN
A GAME CHANGER FOR THIS PATIENT
POPULATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH
WITH PHYSICAL. ASSESSMENT AND
EVALUATION- AND IT'S AN
EFFECTIVE TOOL IN FIGHTING CARE
ESPECIALLY WHEN ACCESS TO
FACILITIES IS LIMITED- FOR THOSE
WHO RESIDE IN RURAL AREAS AND
ONE IN PERSON VISITS AREN'T
NECESSARY- TELEHEALTH ELIMINATE
PHYSICAL BURDENS AND THE SAFETY
RISKS OF TRAVEL FOR IMMUNO
COMPROMISED TERMINAL PATIENTS
AND GREATLY REDUCES. TRAVEL
COSTS TO PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS
WHO MUST ACCOMPANY THEM. MANY
ANALYSTS CLINICS WITHIN
CALIFORNIA AND THERE ARE CLOSE
TO THIRTY CLINICS- AND ELSEWHERE
CONTINUE TO UTILIZE TELEHEALTH
FOR THIS VERY REASON. IT'S NOT
UNCOMMON FOR TERMINALLY ILL
PATIENTS AND INCLUDING ALS
PATIENTS RECEIVE IN PERSON CARE
FROM OUT OF STATE PROVIDER IN A
STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES THE
COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY WE TALKED
ABOUT THE REASONS WHY. WAS THE
PRIMARY REASONS ARE WHEN
TREATMENT IS ONLY AVAILABLE
OUTSIDE OF HOUSE OF CALIFORNIA
AS IS THE CASE WITH MANY RARE
DISEASES AND MAY BE THE CASE
WITH A SUMMONS. OUR FRIEND THAT
SHE MENTIONED- TO OBTAIN AN
UNBIASED SECOND OPINION THIS IS
KEY PARTICULARLY FOR ALS
PATIENTS AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM
THE TESTIMONY THAT WE HAVE- ON
THAT. IN THAT YOU'RE SEEKING. IN
BEING DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL
ILLNESS THEY ARE SEEKING. A
SECOND INDEPENDENT CANYON WHICH
ALREADY IN. INDEPENDENT AND NOT
IN CONSULTATION WITH A
CALIFORNIA PHYSICIAN AND TALKING
TO A SPECIALIST LOCATED
ELSEWHERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
HEAR SOME FORM OF HOPE IN THAT
SOME SORT OF TREATMENT THAT MAY
BE AVAILABLE OR IF THAT WILL AT
LEAST IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF
LIFE WHILE THEY'RE STILL. HERE
WITH US. I'M MORE TO MAINTAIN AN
EXISTING PATIENT DOCTOR
RELATIONSHIP THIS IS ALSO COMES
INTO PLAY OFTENTIMES FOR
SOMEBODY WHO TRAVELS OUT OF
STATE FREQUENTLY OR RECENTLY
RELOCATED HERE. ARE FOR THOSE
WHO TRAVEL OUT OF STATE
FREQUENTLY HAPPENS- AT WHEN YOU
TRAVEL AND LIKE YOU GO TO SCHOOL
OUT OF STATE WOULD BE AT A
COMMON EXAMPLE. IF WE WERE TO
PASS A B. THIRTEEN SIXTY NINE.
TELL HEALTH WOULD ALSO BECOME
VERY BENEFICIAL PARTICULAR FOR
THE LS POPULATION WHERE-
SOMEBODY COULD GET IT INITIAL
SCREENING RATHER THAN HAVING TO
THAT THAT. ADDITIONAL
CONSULTATION BY HAVING TO
PHYSICALLY TRAVEL ACROSS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY- AND TO MAINTAIN
CONTINUITY OF CARE. SO TYPICALLY
FOR EXAMPLE AN ALS PATIENT WOULD
RECEIVE COSTA CLINIC QUARTERLY
THEY COULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
VISITS. IN HALF FOR EXAMPLE IF
THEY WERE ABLE TO DO SOME
CONSULTATION VIA. TELEHEALTH
INSTEAD OF ALWAYS HAVING TO
PHYSICALLY TRAVEL- BECAUSE WHITE
WHY IS THIS IT ALSO NEEDED
BECAUSE THE BURDENS ASSOCIATED
WITH TRAVEL ALSO IT FOR DELIVER
LS INCLUDES PHYSICAL- BUT ALSO
JUST THE- THE FINANCIAL AND
EMOTIONAL. BURDEN OF HAVING TO
TRAVEL FOR THE CARE GIVER AND
THE OTHER DAY- THEY COST TO
PROVIDE CARE FOR THOSE WITH
DEPENDENTS LEFT BEHIND I CAN'T
TRAVEL. I MEAN THE COST FACTOR
IS ENORMOUS. AND WHAT WE'RE
REALLY TALKING ABOUT HERE IS
EQUITABLE ACCESS WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT A PATIENT POPULATION THAT
FOUGHT FOR THEM ABILITY CANNOT
GO OUT OF PHYSICALLY TRAVEL OUT
OF STATE AND THEREFORE. THERE HI
. THEY DON'T RECEIVE THE SAME
LEVEL OF CARE IN TERMS OF THEIR
OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM I HAVE
SOMEBODY THAT CAN PHYSICALLY
TRAVEL OUT OF STATE TO SEE AN
OUT- DOCTOR WHOSE LICENSE
ELSEWHERE. AND SO IT IS AN
EQUITABLE ISSUE AND I HOPE THAT
YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT WHEN AS WE
THINK ABOUT WAYS TO. RESOLVE
THIS AND THAT AND PASS THIS
BILL- TIME DELAY IS ALSO AN
ISSUE SO EVEN IF SOMEBODY IF A
DOCTOR OUT OF STATE WANTED TO
BECOME LICENSE HERE TIME DELAYS
IS THE FACTOR AND SOMEBODY WHO'S
TERMLY ILL DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE
THAT TIME OR LUXURY TO WAIT FOR
IT- AND- MAKE. AND THEN
OFTENTIMES AND KEEP IN MIND TOO
IS THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SPECIALIST FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS A
TERMINAL DISEASE OFTENTIMES
THERE'S THEY'RE TREATING
MULTIPLE PATIENTS FROM MULTIPLE
STATES. BUT ONLY A HANDFUL FROM
ANY PARTICULAR STATE AND SO. HOW
DO WE STRUCTURE THIS SO THAT THE
ONEROUS ISN'T ON THE DOCTOR TO
HAVE TO GET A LICENSE IN ALL
FORTY STATES ARE WORK. OR AT THE
VERY LEAST HOW ARE WE ADOPTING
SOME GREATER LEVEL OF
FLEXIBILITY HERE IN CALIFORNIA
SO THAT THE DOCTOR CAN BECOMING
COMPLIANCE AND SO THESE ARE
THINGS WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT.
AS WE TRY TO. TO COME TO A
CONSENSUS ON HOW DO WE MAKE IT
SO THAT PATIENT ACCESS. IS
EQUITABLE AND FAIR AND THAT
WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO
ASSIST THOSE WHO ARE TERMINALLY
ILL HEARING CALIFORNIA.
ANCELOTTI'S CLOSE BY. JUST
SAYING THAT- THE LIMITATION. YOU
BY PROVIDING VIRTUAL ACCESS TO
CARE IN A GREATER THAN WE CAN
ACTUALLY HELP MORE MORE PATIENTS
IN CALIFORNIA AND WE ARE GOING
TO SEE THE AT LEAST THE L. S.
POPULATION AND- INCREASE OVER
TIME- WITH NEW THERAPIES ARE
CURRENTLY COMING TO MARKET.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR- AND ON
BEHALF OF THE STATE ON BEHALF OF
THE ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE OR
ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT YOU
MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS. BILL BUT
THANK YOU AND WE URGE YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. NEXT GOOD
AFTERNOON MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
ALEX CON I'M PRIVILEGED TO
REPRESENT THE ALS ASSOCIATION IN
SACRAMENTO. I WITH YOUR
PRIVILEGE I'VE BEEN AT- WITH
YOUR- PERMISSION I SHOULD SAY.
WITHOUT TO READ THE STATEMENT
OF- CALLING DECKER- SHE'S A
MOTHER IN SAN DIEGO WHO'S CARING
FOR HER SON WITH A ALAS AND
THAT'S THE REASON SHE CAN TRAVEL
THIS MORNING. OUR SON TYLER WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH ALS AT THE YOUNG
AGE OF ONLY TWENTY SIX. HIS
DIAGNOSIS WAS ABSOLUTELY
DEVASTATING TO HIM AND OUR
FAMILY. HE FELT SO ISOLATED.
AFTER INITIAL CONSULTATIONS
WITHIN STATE PROVIDERS IN WHICH
WE WEREN'T TOTALLY SATISFIED.
WITH THE RECOMMENDED TREATMENT
PLAN AND RELATIONSHIP BEING
ESTABLISHED. WITHOUT
CONSULTATION FROM A NEUROLOGIST
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHO IS KNOWN
TO WORK WITH YOUNGER PATIENTS.
IN MEETING WITH THIS OUT OF
STATE PROVIDER WE SAW AN
IMMEDIATE POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM
TYLER. SO WE KNEW THIS WAS THE
BEST PROVIDER MATCH FOR HIS
TREATMENT. HOWEVER DOING SO HAS
REQUIRED US TO PHYSICALLY TRAVEL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT LEAST A
FEW TIMES A YEAR. WHICH IS
PHYSICALLY GRUELING ESPECIALLY
ON TYLER AND TO A LESSER EXTENT
ON THE REST OF US. AND ALSO
FINANCIALLY CHALLENGING. HAVING
ACCESS TO TELEHEALTH FOR
CONSULTATIONS IN BETWEEN
PHYSICAL VISITATIONS WOULD
GREATLY HELP US ELIMINATE SOME
OF THE BURDENS. OF HAVING TO
TRAVEL LONG DISTANCE FOR EVERY
SINGLE VISIT. WITH A HORRIBLE
DISEASES LIKE ALS WHICH CRIPPLES
ONE'S MOBILITY MY SON TYLER AND
OTHER PATIENTS SHOULD BE
ENTITLED TO THE SAME ACCESS TO
CARE FROM OUT OF STATE
PROVIDERS. AS THOSE WHO CAN
PHYSICALLY TRAVEL OUT OF STATE
TO RECEIVE CARE. AB THIRTEEN
SIXTY NINE INTENDS TO ALLOW
VIRTUAL CARE WITH OUT OF STATE
SPECIALIST FOR THE PURPOSE OF
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE
FOR PATIENTS LIKE TYLER. AND IT
GIVES US GREATER HOPE OF
POTENTIALLY EXTENDING HIS LIFE.
ON BEHALF OF MY SON AND FAMILY
AND ALL OTHER FAMILIES IMPACTED
BY ALS AND OTHER TERMINAL
DISEASES. I URGE YOUR SUPPORT
FOR AB THIRTEEN SIXTY NINE. ANY
OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT IN
ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED. ALEX
CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA CHRONIC CARE
COALITION IN SUPPORT THANK YOU
SIR ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT. ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED
. SIGNAL LET'S TURN TO WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION LEAD OR OTHERWISE
HERE IN ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED.
PLEASE PROCEED. THANK YOU MR
CHAIRMAN AARON BROWN WITH THE
MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA.
WELL WE RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT
THE TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
PRECEDED THE INTRODUCTION OF AB
THIRTEEN SIXTY NINE. I REGRET TO
SAY THAT WE MUST STRONGLY
OPPOSE. THIS BILL AND WITH ITS
APPROACH TOWARD PATIENT CARE
ACCESS. THE REQUIREMENT TO
OBTAIN A LICENSE TO PRACTICE
MEDICINE IN CALIFORNIA. IS THE
BEDROCK OF HOW PATIENTS ARE
PROTECTED. FROM NEGLIGENT
INCOMPETENT OR UNSCRUPULOUS
PHYSICIANS. UNDER CURRENT LAW
ANY QUALIFIED PHYSICIAN
REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE
MAY OBTAIN A LICENSE TO PRACTICE
MEDICINE IN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING
THROUGH TELEHEALTH. THIS ALLOWS
THEM TO TREAT CALIFORNIANS FROM
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. WE
THOROUGHLY REVIEW APPLICANTS TO
ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE
APPROPRIATE EDUCATION AND
TRAINING AND HAVE PASSED THE
REQUIRED EXAMS. WE ALSO REVIEW
ANY RECENT HISTORY OF CRIMINAL
CONVICTIONS OR DISCIPLINE FROM
OTHER JURISDICTIONS. THESE STEPS
ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURE THAT THE
PHYSICIAN MEETS THE MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS APPROVED BY THE
LEGISLATURE TO HELP ENSURE THAT
THEY TREAT OUR PATIENTS SAFELY.
ASIANS ALSO HAVE A SECOND OPTION
UNDER CURRENT LAW IF AN OUT OF
STATE POSITION CHOOSES NOT TO
GET A LICENSE HERE OR IS NOT
QUALIFIED THEY MAY CONSULT ON
THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF
THAT PATIENT ALONGSIDE A
CALIFORNIA LICENSED PHYSICIAN.
WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THAT PATIENT
CARE. IN FACT OUT OF STATE
POSITIONS MAY CONSULT WITH A
CALIFORNIA LICENSEE WHILE THEIR
OWN LICENSE APPLICATION IS UNDER
REVIEW. THESE OPTIONS ARE
AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW UNDER
CURRENT LAW TO PROVIDE
CALIFORNIANS ACCESS TO AN OUT OF
STATE POSITION WHO WILL MEET
THEIR NEEDS. MOST IMPORTANTLY
THESE CURRENT OPTIONS ENSURE
PATIENTS RECEIVE CARE FROM
SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN VETTED BY
THE STATE'S LICENSING
AUTHORITIES. IF A PHYSICIAN CAN
PRACTICE HERE WITHOUT A
CALIFORNIA LICENSE OUR BOARD
WOULD BE UNABLE TO ACT AGAINST
THAT POSITION IF THEY HARM THEIR
PATIENTS. CENTERS THIS BILL IS
NOT NECESSARY AND IT PLACES
FRAGILE PATIENTS AT RISK FROM
PHYSICIANS WHO ARE UNFIT TO
PRACTICE IN THE STATE. THE TERMS
IN THE BILL THAT DEFINE WHICH
PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS. ARE
ELIGIBLE ARE VAGUE AND FOR
EXAMPLE DO NOT RULE OUT
PHYSICIANS WHO HAD BEEN
DISCIPLINED BY ANOTHER STATE
MEDICAL BOARD. THIS EXACERBATES
THE RISKS TO PATIENTS. FOR THESE
REASONS WE RESPECTFULLY URGE THE
COMMITTEE TO NOT THIS BILL THANK
YOU THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE ANY
OTHER WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION IN
THE ROOM. SIGNAL LET'S TURN TO
THE TELECONFERENCE ORVIS
MODERATOR PLEASE PROMPT AN
INDIVIDUAL'S. WAITING ON A
TELECONFERENCE LINE TO TESTIFY
EITHER IN SUPPORT OR IN
OPPOSITION TO THE MEASURE WILL
TAKE A- OF COURSE SLATED- IF YOU
SHOULD MAKE A COMMENT IN SUPPORT
OR OPPOSITION PLEASE PRESS ONE
BUTTON ZERO NOW. WE DO HAVE A
FEW THAT FIT HERE TO FUNNEL THE
WATER LINE NUMBERS TAKEN.
WE'LL START WITH LINE SIXTY FIVE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU MY
NAME IS AMONG ALL- AND I AM. I'M
WITH THE EVERYBODY FOUNDATION
RECOGNIZES AND CLEARING STRONG
SUPPORTER OF. THANK YOU MA'AM
NEXT PLEASE. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO
LINE TWENTY FOUR PLEASE GO AHEAD
. GOOD AFTERNOON THAT GERMAN
RAFI. AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE MY NAME IS TERRY FOR A
COMPONENT FROM THE OUT OF POCKET
MEDICAL BOARD. OUR BORDERS AND
LONG OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY
SAFETY. PUBLIC SAFETY
PROTECTION. IN THE STATE- I WANT
TO PUT THEM FIVE- WHAT THE
MEDICAL BOARD HAVE MONEY SAID
ABOUT BOARD LACK JURISDICTION
COMPLETELY THERE IS NO ONE UNDER
THIS BILL THE WALL OVERSEE THIS
BILL WILL NOT LOOK AT THE
DOCTOR'S NOTE. WELL NOT A YOU
KNOW DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY THE
BOARD OUT OF IT IN TERMS OF
PATIENTS THEY HAVE NO REPORT-
BECAUSE THE DOCTOR IS OUT OF
STATE ALLOWED TO BECOME
ESTABLISHED PATIENTS OUT OF
STATE THE VAGUENESS OF THE BILL
AWFUL WITH PROBLEMATIC. THE
LANGUAGE. DO BELIEVE HER
CONDITION IMMEDIATELY LIFE
THREATENING IT DOESN'T SO YOU
RARE DISEASE IT COULD BE ANY
DISEASE WHICH BAND WOULD ANY
DOCTOR COULD CLAIM THROUGH A
TELEMEDICINE RELATIONSHIP THAT
THEY'RE TREATING A PATIENT WITH
A LIFE THREATENING DISEASE THE
BILL IS NOT NARROW ENOUGH TO
CREATE- ARE NARROW EXCEPTION IF
THIS IS WHAT THE BILL IS TRYING
TO DEAL. THE ONLY THING IS THAT
THE DOCTOR INVOLVED IN
VERIFYING. THE. VERIFYING WITH.
I SEE HIM FOR MAY. RELATIVE AND
THEIR NOT REALLY SUPERVISE. IT'S
NOT THEIR LIFE. AND THIS BILL
DOESN'T NARROW AND NOT. AND TO
RESTRICT THE NUMBER THE DA AND
THOUGHT OF TO BE ON THE
SPECIALTY OF DISEASE THAT IS
REQUIRE. IF YOU WERE OPEN. ARMS
HELLO. AND DOES NOT STATE THE
WANT TO GET A LIFE DID YOU WALK
INTO THE- STREET HE SAID PAGE-
AND NOBODY KNOW BECAUSE NOBODY
IN CHARGE OF THE BILL. CREE MY-
ON NOTICE KRIEGEL LIFE EXEMPTION
IS A SLIPPERY. THE LICENSE
ITSELF IS THE PUBLIC- HE COULD
TO EXAM IT MEANS YOU A LIMB
AFTER TAX. THIS BILL NEEDS MORE
WORK AND WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY-
BIRDS AND NO VOTE THANK YOU.
THEY YOU NEXT. AND THERE'S
CURRENTLY NO ONE ELSE IN THE
QUEUE MISTER CHAIR. THANK YOU MR
MODERATOR LET'S BRING THE MATTER
BACK TO. THE DAIS- ASSEMBLY
MEMBER OBVIOUSLY THERE MAY BE
SOME ISSUES THAT YOU COULD
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM. TO
NARROW THE COVERED CONDITIONS.
TO PUT POTENTIALLY REQUIRE-
PHYSICIANS TO BE LICENSED IN
GOOD STANDING IN THE STATE WHERE
THEY'RE- PRACTICING. PRESUMABLY
VIA TELEHEALTH OUT HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. FRANKLY THE
OPPOSITION'S COMMON SPEAK TO ME
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL NEED FOR A
COMPACT AND I WONDER HOW THE
BOARD FEEL ABOUT. COMPACT HAVING
TO EASE THESE OF THESE MATTERS
FOR PATIENTS ACROSS THE BOARD AS
SOON WILL BE OPPOSITION TO THAT
AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT AT
THIS POINT TIME I WILL TELL YOU
THAT MY FORMER PARTNER. WILL
MENTION HIS NAME A COUPLE YEARS
AGO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A VERY
RARE FORM OF CANCER- HE FOUGHT
THAT. HE EXHAUSTED- FORTUNATELY
STILL ALIVE. HE FOUGHT THAT HE
EXHAUSTED ALL OF HIS OPTIONS
HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UP AND DOWN THE STATE. HE DID
HIS OWN SEARCH. HE FOUND ONE
CLINICAL TRIAL IN THE STATE OF
NEW YORK. ONE CLINICAL TRIAL.
AND HAVING TELEHEALTH AVAILABLE
TO HIM. WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED A
BUNCH OF EXTRA WORK ON HIS- ON
HIS PART- AT THE POINT OF
INITIAL CONSUL. REVIEW OF LAB
TESTS- WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER
TESTS THAT I NEVER KNEW EXISTED
. TO DECIDE WHETHER HE
QUALIFIED. FOR THE CLINICAL
TRIAL. AND OF COURSE IF HE DID
THEN HE WOULD HAVE TO TRANSPORT
HIMSELF. AND HIS FAMILY TO THE
EAST COAST. FOR THE FOUR OR FIVE
YEARS SIX MONTHS THAT THE
CLINICAL TRIAL WAS. PROJECTED TO
TAKE. SO I THINK THERE OUGHT TO
BE A WAY TO- PUT SOME GUARDRAILS
AROUND THIS BILL IF IT IF THE
GROWTH THE BILL NEEDS
GUARDRAILS. OF BUT TO PROTECT
THE PATIENT- BUT MY GOSH IT
SEEMS TO ME WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT- SITUATIONS WHERE THERE
ARE FEW OPTIONS AND I'M CERTAIN
THAT AT THE POINT IN TIME WHEN
MY FRIEND MY FORMER LAW PARTNER
WAS LOOKING AT CLINICAL TRIALS.
HE WAS NOT RESEARCHING WHETHER
THE PHYSICIAN WHO IS ENGAGED IN
THE CLINICAL TRIAL IN A RATHER.
WELL KNOWN HOSPITAL IN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK HAD EVER HAD A
DISCIPLINARY ACTION. BECAUSE
THAT WAS NOT GOING TO SAVE HIS
LIFE. SO GOOD FOR YOU FOR
BRINGING THE BILL COLLEAGUES ANY
QUESTIONS. BILL'S BEEN MOVED BY
CENTER EGGMAN THE MOTION IS TO
PASS THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS.
ROTH ROTH I WENT. OVER TO KILL.
ARCHULETA ARCHULETA ASHBY. BAKER
DODD. EGGMAN GLAZER EGGMAN.
EGGMAN I'VE- GLAZER. NIELLO HI
NILAI SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. WELL
HAN. WILK RIGHT WILL GUIDE. THE
BILL HAS FIVE BOOKS WILL HOLD
ROAD CONSTRUCTION MEMBERS THANK
YOU SENATORS. OKAY NEXT ITEM
NUMBER NINE AB SIXTEEN SIXTEEN
ASSEMBLY MEMBER LACKEY.
CALIFORNIA CANNABIS TAX FUND.
ALL RIGHT WELL LOW THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIR FOR ALLOWING ME TO
PRESENT- A. B. SIXTEEN SIXTEEN.
TO ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES THAT
HAVE NOT YET ALLOW THE
CULTIVATION OR RETAIL SALE OF
CANNABIS ACCESS GRANTS
REINFORCEMENT AGAINST ILLICIT
CANNABIS CULTIVATION WITHIN
THEIR JURISDICTION. ILLICIT
CANNABIS GROWERS ARE MAJOR
PROBLEMS IN THIS ENTIRE STATE
BUT ESPECIALLY IN TO THE-
COUNTIES THAT I REPRESENT AN L.
A. COUNTY AND SAMBAR TO DINO
COUNTY. BUT BOTH OF THESE
COUNTIES ARE A WILD OFFER
RESOURCES TO COMBAT THE
PILLAGING OF OUR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND THE EXPLOITATION
OF LABOUR'S. ILLICIT MARKET IS
POISON EVERYBODY OUR WATER IS
BEING STOLEN THE WATER IS ALSO
BEING POISONED WHILE THESE
TERRIBLE CONDITIONS HAVE
FACILITATED THE EARLY DEATH OF
AT LEAST THIRTY TWO CANNABIS
FARMWORKERS THAT WENT UNREPORTED
TO STATE AUTHORITIES. THE
ILLICIT CULTIVATION RESULTS. IN
UNREGULATED AND UNTAXED
MERCHANDISE BEING SOLD TO
CONSUMERS ON THE STREET WE'RE
LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE AND
INJECTING STEROIDS TO THE
ILLICIT MARKET BY BOOSTING THE
SUPPLY OF UNSAFE PRODUCTS SOLD
IN CALIFORNIANS STATES. WHO HAVE
NOT YET MOVE TOWARDS
LEGALIZATION. DRUG CARTELS
EXPLOIT OUR PERMISSIVE STATUS
USING AS COVER FOR ILLEGAL
OPERATIONS THEY KNOW WE'RE NOT
SERIOUS ABOUT ENFORCEMENT.
COUNTY SHERIFF'S ARE ONLY LINE
OF DEFENSE. AND WITHOUT THE
STATE TO BACK THEM UP THEIR LEFT
PLAYING THE GAME OF WHACK A MOLE
FROM CULTIVATION SITE TO
CULTIVATION SITE. ENFORCEMENT OF
THE ILLICIT MARKET IS A KEY
COMPONENT OF UPLIFTING THE LEGAL
MARKET. AB SIXTEEN SIXTEEN
STRENGTHENS THIS IS CENTRAL
PILLAR FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT IS
CONSISTENTLY HELD BY THE THROAT
. OF THE INFLEXIBLE STATE
REGULATIONS CALIFORNIA HAS LED
THE NATION IN PROMOTING CANNABIS
LEGALIZATION BUT DRAG THEIR FEET
WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING MOVES
THAT PROMOTE. THE LIFE FORCE OF
THAT INDUSTRY. THIS MARKET NEEDS
TOOLS. TO FRUSTRATE ATTEMPTS BY
THE MALEVOLENT ACTORS TO
DENIGRATE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR
PRODUCTS. AB SIXTEEN SIXTEEN
RIGHTLY RECOGNIZES ALL
MUNICIPALITIES ARE PARTNERS IN
COMBATING ILLICIT CANNABIS
CULTIVATION SO THAT WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER. I HAVE AMY JENKINS
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
AND SHALL PROVIDE TESTIMONY ON
THE NEED FOR ENFORCEMENT. AS AN
INDUSTRY EXPERT SHE CAN ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. HAD
FROM THE MEN- AMY AMY JENKINS ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION-
WERE PLEASED TO SUPPORT SB
SIXTEEN SIXTEEN I WANT TO THANK
THE AUTHOR FOR HIS UNWAVERING
SUPPORT FOR THE LEGAL INDUSTRY-
THE LACK OF ENFORCEMENT AGAINST
THE UNLICENSED CANNABIS MARKET
AS YOU'VE HEARD MANY TIMES- HAS
BEEN A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO THE
SUCCESS OF THE INDUSTRY. THIS
WAS ACTUALLY EMPHASIZED AND A
COMMITTEE HEARING YOU HELD IN
MARCH- OF THIS YEAR WHERE OF
HOMELESS TALKED ABOUT THAT BEING
ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS.
PROP SIXTY FOUR AMONG MANY
THINGS THAT AIM TO REPLICATE THE
ILLICIT MARKET AND PROVIDE A
REASONABLE PATHWAY TO LICENSURE.
GET TWO THIRDS OF THE CANNABIS
PURCHASES STILL OCCUR AND THE
ILLICIT MARKET. AND LEGAL SALES
CONTINUE TO DECLINE. RECENT DATA
FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF TAX AND FEE ADMINISTRATION
REVEALS A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN
CANNABIS TAX COLLECTIONS LEADING
TO SEVEN CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS OF
FALLING REVENUE IN THE STATE. IS
ALARMING NUMBERS UNDERSCORE THE
URGENT NEED TO STABILIZE THE
LICENSE CANNABIS MARKET AND
INVEST MORE RESOURCES IN
COMBATING ILLICIT ACTIVITY.
ADDRESSING THE OPPOSITION'S
CONCERNS IT IS IMPORTANT TO
CLARIFY THIS BILL DOES NOT.
PROPOSE DIVERTING FUNDS AWAY
FROM AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS JOB
PLACEMENT MENTAL HEALTH
TREATMENT DRUG PREVENTION
EDUCATION ADDICTION TREATMENT OR
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. PROP
SIXTY FOUR ALLOCATED TAX
REVENUES INTO THREE VERY
DISTINCT BUCKETS AS THE GRAPH
DESCRIBES. AN AB SIXTEEN SIXTEEN
FOCUSES ON ONE PART OF THE LOCAL
ENFORCEMENT GRANTS BUCKETS ONLY-
BY ASKING THAT WE SIMPLY
PRIORITIZE- GRANTS THAT GO TO
ADDRESSING ILLICIT CULTIVATION
AND RETAIL- THESE ARE GRANTS
THAT ARE AWARDED TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS THERE IS. ABSOLUTELY
. ZERO SPECIFICITY AND THE
PROPOSITION- IN TERMS OF
CREATING BEYOND FIVE OF. AT
FINDING. LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRE
PROTECTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HEALTH- SO THAT'S REALLY ALL-
THAT WE TRY TO DO IS SAY CAN WE
PRIORITIZE ILLICIT MARKET WHEN
EVALUATING THE GRANT
APPLICATIONS. AND ALSO EXPANDED
AND THE REASON WE WANT TO EXPAND
IT AND THIS WAS A TOUGH CALL FOR
C. C. I. A. IS BECAUSE THIS IS
NOW A MATTER OF STATEWIDE
CONCERN WHETHER YOU ARE IN A
LOCALLY AUTHORIZED JURISDICTION
OR NOT- ILLICIT MARKET AFFECTS
ALL LEGAL BUSINESSES. SO WE ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A LACK
OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED IN THE BILL OF THIS
OMISSION WAS INTENTIONAL IT'S
NOT REQUIRED IN SIXTY FOUR AND
HE WANTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE
SPIRIT OF THE LAW. AS CURRENTLY
WRITTEN AND APPROVED BY THE
VOTERS SO AGAIN WE APPRECIATE
YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS BILL
TODAY ACTUALLY I DID ASK OUR C.
R. C. TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE A
FEW COMMENTS IT IS STRONGLY
SUPPORTED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS
WELL. THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE.
THANK YOU GOOD AFTERNOON WE CAN
WORK WITH THE RURAL COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA-
RC RC SUPPORTS AB SIXTEEN
SIXTEEN AND WE THINK THE AUTHOR
FOR. INTRODUCING AND LEADING
THIS EFFORT A COMMONALITY AND
HIGH PRIORITY AMONG SIR FORTY
MEMBER COUNTIES. IS THE NEED FOR
MORE RESOURCES FOR ENFORCEMENT
ACTIVITIES TO REDUCE UNLICENSED
CANNABIS OPERATIONS. THERE IS
ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR THE
BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONS TO WARD AVAILABLE
FUNDS IF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS
EXPANDED. AB SIXTEEN SIXTEEN AS
MENTIONED WOULD NOT IMPACT THE
80% OF THE ALLOCATION THREE
MONIES DEDICATED FOR YOUTH
PROGRAMS. AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION. INSTEAD IT WOULD
MAKE THEIR REMAINING PUBLIC
SAFETY RELATED FUNDING.
AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MORE IMPACTFUL AND IT DOES THIS
BY PRIORITIZING LOCAL
ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS THAT COULD
ULTIMATELY. AS THE AUTHOR
MENTIONS SUPPORT THE LICENSE
REGULATED INDUSTRY AND FOR THESE
REASONS WE ARE HAPPY TO SUPPORT
AND ASK FOR YOUR IPHONE. THANK
YOU ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT NAME AFFILIATION
POSITION ON THE MEASURE PLEASE.
RECORD OPEN ON BEHALF OF SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU THANKS PLEASE. HIT A
WELDER WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU NEXT. MISTER
MEMBERS GRAHAM MARTIN ON BEHALF
OF THE CURRENT COMPANY WE
IMPLORE YOU TO GET GIVE US THESE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO FIGHT
THE ILLICIT. MARKET AND SUPPORT
A. B. SIXTEEN SIXTY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU NEXT PLEASE NAME
AFFILIATION POSITION ON THE
MEASURE ONLY CARED KILEY WITH
UNITED CAMPUS BUSINESS SPACE
THAT SOCIALIZATION AND SUPPORT
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER WITNESSES
IN SUPPORT. NOW TURNED WITNESSES
AND UP AS LEAD OR OTHERWISE ARE
THERE ANY OPPOSITION WITNESSES
IN THE ROOM LEADS WITNESSES
FIRST. GOOD AFTERNOON KEREN
MEMBERS MY NAME IS DR MARK JANA
PETERSON ROCKNE AND I'M A
RESEARCHER AT UC BERKELEY. WHERE
I CONDUCT DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS
CONTROL FUNDED RESEARCH ON
CULTIVATION BANDS AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL. AB SIXTEEN SIXTEEN IS
ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF
ENFORCEMENT FUNDING SUPPORT TO
COUNTIES AND CITIES. THAT BAN
CANNABIS. AND CULTIVATION WHICH
IS TWO THIRDS OF THEM. MEETING
THAT RESIDENTS IN THOSE
LOCALITIES DON'T HAVE A PATHWAY
TO PERMITTING AND LEGAL MARKETS.
RESEARCH SUGGEST THAT SIXTEEN
SIXTEEN WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES ESPECIALLY FOR
RURAL PEOPLE AND MINORITY
COMMUNITIES PERPETUATING HARMS
OF THE WAR ON DRUGS. OUR
RESEARCH FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT
CULTIVATION BANDS ENFORCEMENT
ARE OFTEN DESIGNED AND
IMPLEMENTED IN DIVISIVE TERMS IN
PRACTICE THIS MEANS THAT POOR
COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR ARE TARGETED FOR
ENFORCEMENT. FUNNELING FOR MORE
FUNDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL
AGGRAVATE LOCAL TENSIONS AND
FURTHER MARGINALIZE CALIFORNIANS
WHO HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE
BENEFITS OF LEGALIZATION.
ENFORCEMENT FIRST APPROACHES
WHICH IS SIXTEEN SIXTEEN WOULD
PRIORITIZE DO NOT ACHIEVE THEIR
STATED GOALS MORE FUNDING FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL NOT
ELIMINATE ILLICIT CULTIVATION IN
THE FUTURE JUST LIKE THE WAR ON
DRUGS DID NOT ELIMINATED IN THE
PAST. INSTEAD OF FORCING FIRST
APPROACHES FORFEIT OUR MOST
USEFUL TOOL FOR CONTROLLING
CANNABIS CIVIL REGULATION. THIS
BILL WOULD DRIVE CULTIVATION
FURTHER UNDERGROUND WE'RE CIVIL
REGULATION ISN'T POSSIBLE WITH
NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR LABOR
COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
. WHEN CANNABIS IS MET ONLY BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT WE LOSE THE
CHANCE TO EDUCATE CULTIVATORS
AND FIX PROBLEMS. IN LINE WITH
CALIFORNIA VOTERS INTENT IN
PROPOSITION SIXTY FOUR TWO P. TO
TREAT CANNABIS AS A LINK LEGAL
SIMPLY REGULATED CROP
CALIFORNIANS DESERVE A CHANCE TO
BE MADE AWARE OF AND REMEDIATE
ISSUES WITHOUT HIGH PUNITIVE
FINES AND SIGNIFICANT LEGAL
CONSEQUENCES. SO WHAT CAN BE
DONE INSTEAD OF AB SIXTEEN
SIXTEEN AN EVIDENCE BASED
APPROACH TO REDUCE ILLICIT
CULTIVATION WOULD FIRST FACILITY
AND ACCESSIBLE PATH TO
PERMITTING FOR SMALL SCALE IN
MEDICAL CULTIVATORS ACROSS THE
STATE. SECOND WOULD REGULATE
CANNABIS CULTIVATION AS A CIVIL
NOT CRIMINAL MATTER AND PROVIDE
CULTIVATORS WITH PEDAGOGY NOT
PUNISHMENT AND THIRD ANY STATE
RESOURCES THAT GO TOWARDS LAW
ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE MATCHED BY
FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
REMEDIATION. ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT
REMEDIATION COMPOUNDS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
ENFORCEMENT ALONE IN PLACES
WHERE PERMITTING ISN'T POSSIBLE
WILL REPLICATE THE WAR ON DRUGS
WITH NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR
CALIFORNIANS THANK YOU. THANK
YOU NEXT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON
MY NAME IS AMIN YANG AND I'M AN
ATTORNEY WITH THE ACLU OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. IN TWENTY
SIXTEEN CALIFORNIANS VOTED TO
ADOPT PROPOSITION SIXTY FOUR A
BALLOT INITIATIVE INTENDED TO
LEGALIZE THE USE AND CULTIVATION
OF MARIJUANA. AND TO MOVE
CALIFORNIA AWAY FROM THE FAILED
POLICIES OF THE WAR ON DRUGS.
ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF
PROPOSITION SIXTY FOUR WAS A
COUNTIES AND CITIES THAT BOUGHT
INTO THE IDEA OF LEGALIZING
CANNABIS BUSINESSES AND
CULTIVATION WOULD DIRECTLY
BENEFIT FROM THE TAX DOLLARS
THAT CAME FROM THE INDUSTRY VIA
GRANTS FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM. THIS
PROGRAM THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM HAS BEEN
USED TO FUND YOUTH SUBSTANCE
ABUSE INTERVENTION AND JOB
TRAINING PROGRAMS IN PLACES LIKE
SACRAMENTO AND THE CITY OF
MERCED. IT'S ALSO BEEN USED TO
FUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION IN
COUNTIES FEES MAKE COUNTIES LIKE
CONTRA COSTA AND IN RIVERSIDE.
ENTER FUNDS DATA COLLECTION AND
STUDY OF RACIAL DISPARITIES AND
LOCAL CANNABIS ENFORCEMENT IN
PLACES LIKE LOS ANGELES. ALL
THIS TO SAY AND CONTRARY TO WHAT
THE PROPONENTS OF THE BILL SAID
THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
GRANT. UP PROGRAM IS DIRECTLY
CONTRIBUTING TO CURRENT
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND YOUTH DROP
TRAINING PROGRAMS AND PLACES
AROUND THE STATE. NOW AS THE
COMMITTEE AMOUNT ANALYSIS NOTED
MONEY FOR ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS
IS AT RISK IF AB SIXTEEN SIXTEEN
IS ADOPTED. SIXTEEN SIXTEEN
WOULD GO AGAINST THE WILL OF THE
VOTERS BY TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM
COUNTIES AND CITIES THAT HAVE
WELCOMED THE LEGAL CANNABIS
INDUSTRY. AND SENDING IT TO
PLACES THAT HAVE BANNED ALL
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. IN DOING SO
IT UNDERMINES THE WILL OF THE
VOTERS AND REMOVES ONE OF THE
KEY INCENTIVES FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO PERMIT LEGAL
CANNABIS BUSINESSES. AND BECAUSE
SIXTEEN SIXTEEN EXPLICITLY
PRIORITIZES LAW ENFORCEMENT
FIRST APPROACH. TO CRACKDOWN ON
UNLAWFUL CULTIVATION AND SALE.
IT TAKES MONEY AWAY FROM PUBLIC
HEALTH PROGRAMS. AND DIVERT SAID
IN FAVOR OF ENFORCEMENT AND
PROSECUTION. THIS APPROACH IS
PRECISELY WHAT THE VOTERS
REJECTED IN TWENTY SIXTEEN AND
WILL HAVE DEVASTATING
CONSEQUENCES FOR COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR AND BEYOND TO COUNTIES-
ARE AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. THE
PRIMARY TARGETS OF DRUG
ENFORCEMENT AND OVER POLICING.
FOR THESE REASONS WE
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE AB SIXTEEN
SIXTEEN AND URGE THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE TO DO THE SAME
THANK YOU THANK YOU ANY OTHER
OPPOSITION WITNESSES IN ROOM
TWENTY ONE HUNDRED NAME
AFFILIATION POSITION ON THE
MEASURE ONLY PLEASE. YOU COULD.
THE CHAIR ARMAND FELICIANO
BAFTA'S LAW CAUCUS IN OPPOSITION
THANK YOU SIR ANY OTHER
OPPOSITION WITNESSES. LET'S MOVE
TO THE TELECONFERENCE LINE
MODERATOR PLEASE. PROMPT ANYONE
THERE WISHES TO TESTIFY IN
SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION TO THE
MEASURE WILL TAKE THEM NOW. OF
COURSE PLAYED IN THEM IF YOU
WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT IN
SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION PRESS ONE
ZERO AT THIS TIME. THERE'S
CURRENTLY NO ONE QUEUING UP MR
THANK YOU MISSED MY ROOTS BRING
IT BACK TO THE DAIS. WE JUST
KICKED THIS OFF REAL QUICK. I
I'M ONE WHO BELIEVES WE NEED
MORE ENFORCEMENT I'M
DISAPPOINTED THAT THE STATE HAS
BEEN ABLE TO STEP UP TO PROPERLY
FUND AND STAFF. ENFORCEMENT
ACTIVITIES AROUND TO THE ILLEGAL
CANNABIS OPERATIONS AROUND THE
STATE. MY CONCERN RELEASED MY
QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE
PHRASE IN THE BILL. THE BOARD
SHALL PRIORITIZE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS WHOSE PROGRAMS SEEK
TO ADDRESS THE UNLAWFUL
CULTIVATION AND SALE OF CANNABIS
PRIORITIZES THE WORD THAT I
FOCUSED ON. AND SINCE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY
RELATED ACTIVITY PIECE
ALLOCATION THREE. HUNDRED
THIRTEEN POINT FIVE MILLION
EXCISE TAX PAID BY. OPERATORS IN
THE CANNABIS SPACE. DOES THAT
MEAN THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT
. HAVE NOT PERMITTED ANY
CANNABIS OPERATION AT ALL IN
THEIR POORLY SEVERAL OF THEM.
WHO WANT TO ADDRESS UNLAWFUL
CULTIVATION AND SALE OF CANNABIS
AND SEND IN A GRANT WILL BE
PRIORITIZED OVER THOSE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS WHO HAVE LAW
ENFORCEMENT CONCERNS RELATED TO
THE LEGITIMATE. AND PERHAPS
ILLEGITIMATE CANNABIS ACTIVITIES
PERMITTED IN THEIR JURISDICTION
AND SOMEONE ADDRESS THAT.
BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T QUITE SEEM
EQUITABLE TO ME- MISTER CHAIRMAN
I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION I
THINK THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT
WE WERE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE SO
THE BLANKS IS VERY VAGUE. OR AND
I'M SURE THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE
YOU IT SAYS- FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
FIRE PROTECTION AND OTHER PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMS IN
FURTHERANCE OF MY CURSOR- I
DON'T THINK OUR EXPECTATION WAS
TO PRIORITIZE THIS WHEN IT WAS
DRAFTED. WAS TO PRIORITIZE LAW
ENFORCEMENT NECESSARILY AND I'M
REGULATED JURISDICTIONS IT WAS
SIMPLY DIRECTING THE BSE SEE
WHEN REVIEWING GRANT
APPLICATIONS TO CONSIDER
FUNDING. PROGRAMS AND EFFORTS TO
SEEK TO ADDRESS ILLICIT MARKET
ACTIVITY BUT I APPRECIATE HOW
YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT THAT
WAS NOT. HOW WE ARE TRYING TO
DRAFT IT THE FACT OF THE MATTER
IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
LOCAL GRANTS HAVE GONE OUT ARE
NOT GOING TOWARDS ILLICIT MARKET
ACTIVITY- AND THEY ARE GOING TO
VERY WORTHY PROGRAMS BUT THERE
IS THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY
MILLION. THAT WAS APPROVED AND
THE LAST BUDGET ACTED 60% OF THE
ALLOCATION THREE BUCKET THAT'S
ALREADY GOING TO A LOT OF THOSE
PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO INVEST MORE
RESOURCES INTO ADDRESSING
ILLICIT MARKET ACTIVITY BECAUSE
WE'VE ALL BEEN DISCUSSING THIS
FOR SOME TIME. AND THERE'S JUST
VERY VERY LIMITED RESOURCE WELL
I UNDERSTAND THAT. THE FACT THAT
A LOCAL JURISDICTION DOESN'T
PERMIT CANNABIS ACTIVITY WITHIN
ITS BORDERS- COULD VERY WELL BE
IMPACTED BY CANNABIS ACTIVITY IN
OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND
THEREFORE- A POT OF MONEY- EVEN
THOUGH THE POT OF MONEY COMES
FROM THE CANNABIS JURISDICTIONS-
PERHAPS SHOULD BE OPEN TO THOSE.
THAT HAVE NOT PERMITTED BECAUSE
OF THIS BILL OVER OR A IMPAIR.
HOWEVER THE TERM PER. TO ME.
MEANS PRIORITIZE AND THAT'S A
PROBLEM SO. WE'RE NOT
NEGOTIATING AMENDMENTS BECAUSE
WE DON'T DO THAT BUT- I'M JUST
LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT MY
CONCERNS ARE AND I GUESS I
SHOULD BE FACING THE AUTHOR WHEN
I DO THIS- I'M I'M DOES NEVER
THE INTENT I'M GONNA I WAS NEVER
THERE I ASSUME OR TIES THAT.
BIND SOON THAT TO BE THE CASE
AND I ASSUME IT CAN BE CLEANED
UP. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE
MEASURE TODAY BUT LET ME OPEN IT
UP FOR QUESTIONS. SIR WILK THANK
YOU I'M SURE COMMENT AT IN A
QUESTION. I'D LOVE TO TAKE THE
OPPONENTS IN BRING HIM DOWN TO
OUR DISTRICT IN PUTTING IN A
HELICOPTER TO SEE HOW JUST HOW
OUT OF CONTROL THIS IS. WE GOT
MEXICAN CARTELS WE GET CHINESE
GAMES TO GET THE RUSSIAN
ARMENIANS AND ITS THOUSANDS OF
ILLEGAL GROWS PEOPLE BEEN
MURDERED. THEY'RE POLLUTING OUR
WATER SUPPLY MY DIGGING OUT-
POOL SIZE HOLES AND PUTTING IT
WITH ILLEGAL PESTICIDES YOU'RE
STEALING WATER- IT'S HUGE ISN'T
COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL. AND
THE CONCERNED ABOUT GRANT
FUNDING THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY
GRANT FUNDING KILL WEEK THERE'S
OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO DO BUT
WE GOT TO GET THIS UNDER
CONTROL. AS WELL AND SO I WANT
TO SALUTE YOU FOR DOING THIS
BILL YOU HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS
FOR YOU MISS JENKINS. YOU DON'T
MIND. NUMBER ONE BECAUSE I JUST
WANT TO HEAR AGAIN BECAUSE I
READ IT. NOW AND AGAIN THE
OPPONENTS SAID THAT THIS DIVERTS
GRANT FUNDING AWAY FROM. THE
PROGRAMS THAT THEY THEY CARE
ABOUT SO I JUST WANT YOU TO GET
ARTICULATED THAT'S NOT SO ACT SO
THE BSE C. SAR READ THE LANGUAGE
IN PROP SIXTY FOUR IS VERY BROAD
BUT IT FALLS UNDER THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT BUCKET WHICH IS 20%
OF AN ALLOCATION THREE BUCKET
WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING TO
ADDRESS. PRIMARILY PUBLIC SAFETY
BUT BECAUSE PROP SIXTY FOUR. WAS
SO VAGUE IN HOW THEY WROTE THE
CRITERIA WHAT THE BSE CEO STEIN
IS THEY'VE- THEY'VE EXPANDED THE
GRANT PROGRAM AND THEIR
ALLOCATING FOR ALL DIFFERENT
KINDS OF PURPOSES AND VERY VERY
LITTLE MONEY IS ACTUALLY GOING.
TO ADDRESS ILLICIT MARKET AND I.
I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THAT- YOU
KNOW WHEN I SAY A LICIT ACTIVITY
WE'RE NOT CHANGING CRIMINAL FEET
CRIMINAL PENALTIES HERE THAT WAS
ALL ESTABLISH IN SIXTY FOUR.
THIS COULD BE CODE ENFORCEMENT
THIS COULD BE A PROGRAM THAT IS
DESIGNED TO. EDUCATE CONSUMERS
ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN
ILLICIT RETELL AND WHAT LEGAL
RETAIL- SO IT'S JUST SIMPLY WHEN
LOOKING AT GRANT APPLICATIONS
CAN WE FOCUS AND PRIORITIZE. ON
THINGS THAT AIM TO ADDRESS THE.
UNLICENSED MARKET THAT WAS THE
ENTIRE. WE ARE VERY GOOD AT THE
BECAUSE YOUR- AND ME THANK
FOLLOW UP. OKAY SO I APPRECIATE
THAT AND WHEN. I'D LIKE TO MOVE
THE BILL MISTER CHAIR THANK YOU
THANK YOU SIR ANY OTHER.
QUESTIONS. SINGLE ONE OR THING
MISTER CHAIR I'M SORRY SIR IF
ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE IT I HAVE
VIDEO ON ON MY PHONE OF THE SET
LISTED BECAUSE- I'M GONNA GIVE.
THANKS TO THE GENERAL- BONTA FOR
COMING DOWN TO OUR DISTRICT AND
WE TOOK A HELICOPTER RIDE AND I
THINK HE WAS HE WAS SHOCKED BY
WHAT HE SAW BUT- I DO HAVE SOME
VIDEO MY PHONE I'M HAPPY TO
SHARE WITH ANY SENATOR WOULD
LIKE TO SEE IT. THANK YOU CENTER
I SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. SURE
THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER WILL TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK AT SOME OF THE
LANGUAGES MOVES FORWARD WHICH I.
HOPE IT WILL. MOTIONS BY SENATOR
WILK IN THE MOTION IS TO PASS
THE SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
BUT I COULD I PLEASE- ABSOLUTELY
APOLOGIZE WRESTLER CLOSE BECAUSE
THERE'S SOME THINGS. THAT WERE
SAID THAT I THINK A REALLY KIND
OF UNFAIR. THIS IS NOT
ENFORCEMENT FIRST BILL. IT'S NO
FORSMAN AT ALL. WELL RIGHT NOW
THE ONLY. ASPECT IS BEING
ENFORCED IN THE NATURE OF
CANNABIS ARE THOSE WITHIN THE
REGULATED SPACE. AND I THINK
THAT THAT'S MISGUIDED. I'M NOT
SAYING THAT THEY DON'T DESERVE
TO BE ENFORCEMENT I'M SAYING
THAT THE PRIORITY IS MISGUIDED.
PROP SIXTY FOUR IS BEING
COMPLETELY EXPLOITED. BY THESE
ILLICIT MARKETEERS. AND
EVERYBODY. WITH POWER IN THE
STATE LEVEL IS IGNORING. IT'S
TIME TO CHANGE THAT. AND THIS
ACTUALLY MOVES THE BALL IN THE
DIRECTION THAT WE CAN CHANGE THE
MOMENTUM. AND THAT WE CAN
ACTUALLY. HELP DEFEAT. THE
SUCCESS. BY THOSE WHO ARE
COMPLETELY DOMINATING THE
CANNABIS MARKET EVERYBODY. THEY
ARE DOMINATING. IN A VERY VERY
BIG WAY. AND WE'RE WE'RE BEING
COMPLICIT WE'RE SAYING IT'S OK.
I'M SAYING IT'S NOT OKAY THIS IS
YOUR CHANCE TO SHOW THAT IS NOT
OKAY. HE'S NOT BEEN ALLY TO
ELUDE THE ILLICIT MARKET. AND
THAT'S MY CLOSE. THANK YOU FOR
THE CLOSE THE MOTION IS TO PASS
TO SEND A PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS
CALL ROLE ROTH NAY ROTH I WHEN I
WHEN I OVER TO KILL. ARCHULETA
ARCHULETA I ASHLEY. BECKER DON
HI DON I EGGMAN. GLAZER MELLOW.
YELLOW EYES SMALLWOOD CUEVAS.
WILL HARM WELL HI OKAY. BILL HAS
SIX VOTES HOLDER OPEN FOR ABSENT
MEMBERS. NEXT UP ITEM NUMBER TEN
A. B. SEVENTEEN ZERO THREE.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER CARILLO STATE
ATHLETIC COMMISSION BOXING.
RECEIVE IN REDDING. THANK YOU.
THIS THING UNDER. THE SUN OKAY
THANK YOU MR CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
VERY PROUD TO PRESENT A SYMBOL
SEVENTEEN OH THREE WHICH WILL
RETURN THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ATHLETIC COMMISSION BACK TO FIRM
FINANCIAL FOOTING FOR THOSE WHO
MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ATHLETIC
COMMISSION IT OVERSEAS FIGHTING
SPORTS IN OUR STATE. THE
COMMISSION PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE
IN ENSURING THE SAFETY AND
WELFARE OF ATHLETES ENFORCING
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR EVENTS
AND INVESTIGATING AND
DISCIPLINING ANY VIOLATIONS OF
THOSE RULES THE COMMISSION IS
FACING. SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL
DIFFICULTIES AND FACES
INSOLVENCY THE COMMISSION IS
FUNDED BY A PORTION OF THE
REVENUE FROM EVENTS UNDER ITS
YOURS JURISDICTION AND HAD TO
TURN TO ITS RESERVES. DURING THE
PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF
THE PANDEMIC THE COMMISSION'S
REVENUES HAVE TURNED OFF HAVE
RETURNED TO PRE PENTOMIC LEVELS.
BUT DUE TO PROJECTED ONE TIME
COSTS AND DEPLETED RESERVES THIS
AMOUNT IS INSUFFICIENT TO
PREVENT INSOLVENCY. THE BILL
WOULD MODESTLY INCREASE THE CAP
OF GATE REVENUE FEES THAT CAN BE
COLLECTED. RAISING IT FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE THE YEAR TWO
THOUSAND. THIS WILL ENSURE THE
COMMISSION'S CONTINUED OPERATION
WITH NO NEED FOR INTERVENTION
WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS TAXPAYER
DOLLARS- HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THE NEED FOR THIS POLICY IN
ANSWER. ANY ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS IS PETER VIEGAS CHAIR
THE CALIFORNIA STATE ATHLETIC.
THANK YOU FOR MEMBER GOOD TO SEE
YOU AGAINST YOU A- PLEASE
PROCEED- THE COMMISSION ONLY
COLLECTS THE MAX SPEED OF A
HUNDRED THOUSAND. DOLLARS WHEN
THE CONTEST OR EXHIBITION
REACHES OR EXCEEDS TWO MILLION
DOLLARS. IN GROSS TICKET SALES
THE LAST TIME THE COMMISSION
INCREASE THE CAP OF A HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS IN THE YEAR
TWO THOUSAND. THE COMMISSION
ESTIMATES THAT THE INCREASE OF
THE CAP WILL BRING IN ADDITIONAL
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PER YEAR.
IN REVENUE AND INCREASING THE
CAP WILL NOT. NOT IMPACT
ATHLETES- MANAGERS OR OTHERS
ASSOCIATED. WITH THE ATHLETES A
TEAM- THE TO THE FEES WILL BE
PAID ONLY BY THE PROMOTERS. BY
THE CALIFORNIA STATE ATHLETIC
COMMISSION HOPES THAT THE
COMMITTEE. WILL VOTE TO APPROVE
THE CAP INCREASE AS IT IS VITAL
TO THE COMMISSION'S FUND
INCREASING THE CAP IS THE BEST
WAY FOR THE COMMISSION TO
INCREASE ITS REVENUE TO ENSURE.
THE COMMISSION REMAIN SOLVENT
WITHOUT IMPACTING MANY OF ITS
LICENSES. LICENSEES AND I THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU SIR
NEXT ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS IN
ROOM TWENTY ONE HUNDRED. OKAY
LET'S TURN TO OPPOSITION LEADER
OTHERWISE ANY OPPOSITION IN ROOM
TWENTY ONE HUNDRED. READ A ROLL
TURNS OF TELECONFERENCING
SERVICE MODERATOR PLEASE PROMPT
ANY INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO
TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OR UP IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS MEASURE WILL
TAKE THEM NOW. THANK YOU JOHN
MAKE A COMMENT IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION PLEASE PRESS. ONE
ZERO. AND THERE'S CURRENTLY NO
ONE QUEUING UP AT THIS TIME
MISTER CHAIR THANK YOU
MODERATORS BRING THE MEASURE
BACK TO THE DAYS OF MY
COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS SEARCH
LOADING. THANK YOU ASSEMBLY
MEMBER BRAND BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. OF BEING A FAN OF THE
SPORT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND
QUITE A FEW VENTURE OVER MY
TIME. AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT
WE'RE GOING FORWARD BECAUSE I
KNOW THE PROFESSIONALISM IT IS
THERE IN THE SPORT. THE CARE AND
MAINTENANCE OF THE BOXERS AND IN
EVERYTHING THEY DO AND ALL
ASPECTS IN AND I THINK THE
CONTINUE IT. THIS IS A GREAT WAY
TO GO SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR
BRINGING THAT. FORWARD AND I
WILL MOVE THE BILL AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK YOU ARE
SEARCH LET ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
SEEING NONE ASSEMBLY MEMBER
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE THANK
YOU MISTER CHAIR THE BILL- IS
HAS A BIPARTISAN SUPPORT WITH NO
REGISTERED OPPOSITION
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MOTION
BY SEARCH WHAT IS DO PASSED THE
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ROTH ROTH
I'VE WHEN. I WHEN I OVER THE
GUILT. FOR CHILLA ARCHULETA AYE
ASHBY AYE ASHBY AYE BAKER DODD
AYE DODD AYE EGGMAN GLAZER NAY
LOW HI NEIL I SMALL CREVICE
BAHAN WILK. RIGHT OKAY BILL HAS
SEVEN VOTES WILL HOLD ROLE OPEN
FRICTION MEMBERS. THE LEADER OF
.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL BE HEARING
FROM CHAIR ROTH ON AB TWELVE
SIXTY TWO. ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY
MEMBER BERMAN. WHICH IS ITEM
ELEVEN THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
COLLEAGUES- THIS IS THE SUNSET
BILL FOR THE PROFESSIONAL
FIDUCIARIES BUREAU. IN SUMMARY
THE MEASURE EXTENDS A SUNSET
DATE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL
FIDUCIARIES BUREAU UNTIL JANUARY
ONE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY EIGHT IT
REPEAL SOMETHING THAT WE CALL A
REVERSE SUNSET CLAUSE WHICH IN
THE EVENT THE BUREAU GOES AWAY
WOULD TRANSFER THE
RESPONSIBILITIES TO ITS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE AND THE REASON FOR
REPEALING THAT IS IF THE SUNSET
GOES AWAY THE LEGISLATURE WOULD
DETERMINE. WHERE THE DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD FALL IT
ALSO STAGGERS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEMBER WHAT TERM LIMITS. SO
THERE'S SOME ORDER TO THE OF
TERMING OUT AND REAPPOINTMENT
AND MAKES OTHER TECHNICAL
CLARIFYING AND CONFORMING
CHANGES. SPECT THE AS FOR AN AYE
VOTE. THANK YOU LET'S MOVE ON TO
YOU ANY LEAD WITNESSES IN
SUPPORT. ANY SPONSORS OR THE
WITNESSES SEEN THEN WILL MOVE TO
ANY OTHER WITNESSES IN SUPPORT.
OF S. B. M. AB TWELVE SIXTY TWO
. SCENE THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO
ANY LEAD OPPOSITION. ANY PLEASE
COME AFFORD. SURE MEMBERS OF NOT
INFORMAL OPPOSITION BUT WITH
CONCERNS ARE HOPING THE
COMMITTEE WOULD ADDRESS AS THE
BILL MOVES FORWARD I'M JERRY
DOES MEANT THAT THE PROFESSIONAL
FIDUCIARY ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA COSPONSORS OF THE
ORIGINAL LEGISLATION IN TWO
THOUSAND SIX. AND AGREE WITH
EACH OF THE STATEMENTS ABOUT THE
WHAT THE BILL IT ACCOMPLISHES
EXPRESSED BY THE CHAIR AND BY
THE AUTHOR IN AS THE BILL MOVES
FORWARD IF WE HAVE A CONCERN
IT'S THAT ONE OF THE ISSUES HAS
BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE JOINT
LEGISLATIVE SUNSET REVIEW.
PREVIOUSLY AND IN THE CURRENT
SUNSET REVIEW EARLIER THIS YEAR
IS WHETHER THE- LECTURE FEES
WILL SUPPORT THE BUREAU. AND
WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO- JUST VERY
RECENTLY THAT WAS JUNE FIFTEENTH
IS A GIRL ANNOUNCED A REGULATORY
PROPOSAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASE. WHAT WE THINK ARE
ALREADY EXORBITANT FEES PAID BY
THE LICENSE POPULATION EIGHT
HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE A LICENSED
PROFESSIONAL FIDUCIARIES
CURRENTLY PAY SEVEN HUNDRED
DOLLARS A YEAR. THE PROPOSAL IS
FOR THOSE WHO CONTINUE THEIR
LICENSE TO PAY THIRTEEN HUNDRED
DOLLARS A YEAR. I MEAN THERE
BECAUSE SOME TO SAY I'D RATHER
GO HAVE MY ATTORNEY LICENSED.
WITH THE STATE BAR FOR FIVE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY OR SO AND BE
EXEMPT FROM THE LICENSURE ACT
RATHER THAN YOU KNOW RATHER THAN
PAY THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND WE ALSO
THINK THAT. THE IMPACT WILL BE.
NEGATIVE ON THE BUREAU ITSELF
THE LICENSE POPULATION WILL
DIMINISH. WITH RETIRED INACTIVE
STATUS THOSE TRYING TO ENTER
INTO THE PROFESSION WOULD HAVE
EXORBITANT FEES AS WELL SO WE'RE
URGING THAT THE LEGISLATION
INCLUDES OTHER PROVISIONS. THAT
ARE BROUGHT TO ATTENTION BY THE
REGULATORY ACT BY THE BUREAU AND
THEY INCLUDE FIRST. TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE
THERE FOR ENROLLED AGENTS CPAS
AND OTHERS THAT IT BE VERY CLEAR
THAT THEY ONLY HAVE THAT
EXEMPTION WHEN THEY'RE OPERATING
PURSUANT TO THE REGISTRATION.
THE SECOND IS TO PLACE INTO THE
LEGISLATION INTO THE ACT THE
AUTHORITY FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO
ESTABLISH THE FEES GOING FORWARD
SO THAT LIKE ALMOST EVERY OTHER
PLAYER OVER BORDER COMMISSION.
DC THAT'LL LET. WE NEED TO
CHANGE LAWS TO RAISE THESE FOR
YOU SEEK A LOOK AT IT AND SEE
WHAT CHANGES ARE NECESSARY. THEN
THE THIRD TO REDUCE THE BURDEN
ON THE BUREAU OF BETTER THAT IS
PLACED BY LAW IS TO ACTUALLY A
LESSEN THE LOAD AND AVOID
DUPLICATION BY SAYING IF THERE'S
A COURT FINDING OR ORDER. THAT
DETERMINES THAT A FIDUCIARY HAS.
BREACHED A FIDUCIARY BUTTE UP OF
FIDUCIARY DUTY HAS ABUSED AN
ELDER OR HAS COMMITTED SOME KIND
OF A FRAUD THAT DENTIST
DETERMINE OVER THE ISSUE IN THE
GIRL DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE THE
EXTRA. STEPS TO DO ANOTHER
INVESTIGATION SO WE THINK THE
REASONABLE STEPS. ADDED TO THE
BILL WILL ADDRESS WHAT WE'VE
SEEN WITH THE REGULATION THAT
HAS JUST BEEN PROPOSED BY THE
BUREAU THAT DOESN'T NEED ANY
AUTHORITY. YOU KNOW TO BE ACTED
UPON WHEN THEY HAVE THE HEARING
ON AUGUST SECOND. WE APPRECIATE
THE CONSIDERATION AND WE'VE
ALREADY TALKED TO THE AUTHOR'S
OFFICE AND THE PEOPLE WORKING ON
THE BILL TO SEE IF THOSE KINDS
OF PROVISIONS COULD BE ADDED
PERHAPS AS IT MOVES FORWARD TO
THE NEXT COMMITTEE. WE
APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER WITNESSES
IN OPPOSITION. C. NINE- MODERATE
WOULD YOU PLEASE PROP IT'S EVEN
INDIVIDUALS WAITING TO TESTIFY
IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION A. B.
C. TWELVE SIXTY TWO. OF COURSE
PLAYED IN GERMAN IF YOU WISH TO
MAKE A COMMENT AND OR OR
OPPOSITION PLEASE PRESS ONE THEN
ZERO AT THIS TIME. AND THERE'S
CURRENTLY NO IN KEEPING UP WITH
THIS TIME MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU
. AT THIS TIME- NUMBER BRING IT
BACK TO THIS QUESTION WITH.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THERE'S A
MOTION OF SENATOR ROTH WOULD YOU
LIKE TO CLOSE JUST TO SAY THAT
YOU KNOW UNFORTUNATELY FEES IN
THESE. SPECIAL FUND FUNDED
OPERATIONS ARE CONTINUING
PROBLEM IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THAT I WOULD DEARLY
LIKE TO FIX BEFORE. I LEAVE THIS
BUILDING I'M NOT SURE I'LL BE
ABLE TO DO THAT BUT WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK. WITH THOSE
THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE
EFFICIENCY IN THE DISCIPLINARY
PROCESS PARTICULARLY WHERE THE
CRIMINAL. ACTIVITIES INVOLVED-
IS SOMETHING I AM VERY
INTERESTED IN THE OTHER ISSUES
THAT WERE MENTIONED AGAIN WE
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO TRY TO
RESOLVE THESE ISSUES.
RESPECTFULLY AS FOR NAY VOTE.
THANK YOU THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVE
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSAGE OF
SENATE JUDICIARY. PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. ROTH ROTH I WENT I.
WHEN I OVER TO KILL. CUTILLETTA
CURRICULA I ASHLEY AS I BACK.
DODD GOD I EGGMAN AND AYE GLAZER
GLAZER AYE NILA. EULOGIZE
SMALLWOOD. WILL HARM WELL I OKAY
. THE END OF. BUT. NINE LASER HE
WILL KEEP THE WILL CALL OPEN.
OKAY LET'S START AT THE
BEGINNING AND CALL THE CONSENT
FILE FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE S. C.
R. NUMBER SEVENTY TWO IS THERE A
MOTION. SKEWS ME. SEARCH LATER
MOVES CONSENT FILE PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ROTH AYE ROTH I WENT
WHEN I OVER THE GUILT ARCHULETA
ARCHULETA ASHBY HI ASHLEY I
BAKER. DOT DOT AYE EGGMAN.
GLAZER HI GLAZER I NEED LOW
HELLO I. SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. WHAT
WILK CRY WILL GUIDE. OF
ARTICULATE. DID YOU GET DID YOU
GET. CENTER EGGMAN. ASSEMBLY
CONSENT YES I EGGMAN I'M. I WANT
TO. THE STAFF. TEN VOTE SOME
CONCERN CALENDAR HOLDER OPEN FOR
APPS AND FOR ITEM. TWO A. B.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER. FRIEDMAN WE
NEED- SIX WE NEED A MOTION BY
CENTER WILL HOUSE. HIM CINEMA
MADE THE MOTION THE MOTION IS TO
PASS THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ROTH AYE ROTH AYE WHEN I OVER TO
GILT OF ARTICLE I ARCH ALETTA
ARCHULETA AYE ASHLEY ASHLEY I
BAKER. THE DODD AYE EGGMAN
EGGMAN ICLEAR HI PLEASE AYE IN
THE LOW. FOLLOW CUEVAS. HI THE
HOBBIT FIVE WILK HI WILL GUIDE
BILL IS TEN VOTE WILL OPEN AB TO
MEMBERS MOVING ON THE ITEM THREE
SO WE HANEY H. THREE SEVEN FOUR-
CURRENT VOTE IS- SIX TWO ONE
YOUR VOTING- ARCHULETA. ALL
RIGHT ARCHULETA I. BAKER DOT
DODD AYE EGGMAN EGGMAN I'D
GLAZER GLAZER AYE WILK RIGHT
WELL. CURRENT VOTE ELEVEN TO ONE
WILL HOLD THE ROLE OPEN FOR
ABSENT MEMBERS MOVING ON TO.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER
YEAR CURRY ASSEMBLY BILL FOUR
TWENTY CURRENT VOTE IS FOUR TO
ONE SURE VOTING- BAKER. DODD
DODD AYE EGGMAN EGGMAN AYE
LASER- LASER EYE NERO. SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS. BOB BOB I AM WELL RIGHT
WELL GOSH KERN VOTE IS NINE TO
ONE WILL THE WORLD IN FOR ABSENT
MEMBERS MOVING ON TO. ITEM
NUMBER FIVE ASSEMBLY MEMBER HURT
SB. SIX EIGHT SEVEN. CURRENT
VOTE IS SEVEN ZERO SURE VOTING I
. BAKER DODD. DODD AYE EGGMAN
EGGMAN I'D GLAZER. THIS IS ITEM
NUMBER FIVE HEART GLAZER AYE
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. WILK RIGHT
WILL DIE CURRENT VOTE IS ELEVEN
ZERO WILL HOLD THE ROLE OPEN FOR
ABSENT MEMBERS NEXT ITEM ITEM
NUMBER SIX A. B. ELEVEN ELEVEN.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER PELLERIN THE
CURRENT VOTE IS THREE TO ONE
SURE VOTING- I. OF OUR TO GAIL.
ASHBY BAKER. DODD DODD AYE
EGGMAN EGGMAN AYE GLAZER. NERO
SORRY SMALL CREVICE. WHAT WHAT I
WILL WRITE A BOOK I. CURRENT IS
SEVEN TO ONE WILL HOLD THE ROLE
OF FOR OF MEMBERS. ONE SIX TO
ONE YOU JUST DO OR SAY ONE. THE
ONE. CALDERON OPEN FOR ABSENT
MEMBERS ITEM NUMBER SAID.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER P. THIS BILL A
LET. EIGHTY TWO. CURRENT VOTE IS
FIVE TWO SURE VO ON PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL WHEN. BAKER RIGHT BAKER
I THOUGHT. DODD AYE EGGMAN
EGGMAN AYE LASER AYE LASER AYE.
HA WILL HAVE I WILL. NO WELL NEW
LOOK NOW. WHEN NO. WITH A VOTE
NOW SHE JUST MAKES THIS IS. SIX
WE WILL YOUR HELP. IN THE THREE.
AND THE IN. THE VOTE IS TEND TO
THAT BILL IS OUT. NEXT ITEM ITEM
NUMBER EIGHT ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BEAR POWER K. A. B. SIXTEEN
CURRENT VOTE IS FIVE TO ZERO
SURE VOTING- I. WHEN I OF OUR TO
GAIL. ASHBY. BAKER OKAY BAKER I
DODD DODD AYE LASER AYE LASER
AYE. I WOULD. LA JOLLA. BOB NO
I'M SORRY SORRY SOME OF HIS NOW
. BOB FBI. ASHLEY I. VOTING THAT
. THANK YEAH WELL I JUST TOLD-
VOTE IS CURRENT VOTERS CAN THE
ONE WILL HOLD THE ROLE OF. OR
WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE YEAH AND
SHE- KERN VOTE IS TEN TO ONE
WILL HOLD OPEN FOR ABSENT
MEMBERS NEXT IS A NO. NINE
MEMBER LACKEY IS BILL SIXTEEN
SIXTEEN CURRENT VOTE IS SIX TWO
ZERO CHAIR VOTING- OF OUR GUILT
OF ARTICULATE. ASHLEY ASHLEY NO
. BAKER FIVE BAKER I EGGMAN.
GLAZER AYE GLAZER AYE SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS SMALLER CREVICE NOW WILL
HAVE. CURRENT VOTE IS NINE TO
TWO WILL HOLD THE ROLE OPEN FOR
ABSENT MEMBERS. NEXT ITEM ITEM
NUMBER TEN ASSEMBLY MEMBER
CARILLO A. B. SEVENTEEN OH THREE
CURRENT VOTE SEVEN TO ZERO CHAIR
VOTING BY. OF OUR TO. OF ARTICLE
II BAKER ALL RIGHT BAKER I
EGGMAN EGGMAN AYE GLAZER AYE
GLAZER AYE SMALLER CUEVAS
SMALLER CRITICIZED HOGG. BOB HI
. KERN VOTE THIRTEEN ZERO THAT
THE BILL IS OUT. FILE ITEM ITEM
NUMBER ELEVEN ASSEMBLY MEMBER
BERMAN A. B. TWELVE SIXTY TWO.
CURRENT VOTE IS. TEN NINE ZERO
YOUR VOTING- PHYSICAL ROLE OF
OUR TO GAIL OVERKILL AI BAKER
BAKER I SMALLWOOD CUEVAS MODE
RIVAS I HOG. LEVINE KERN VOTE
THIRTEEN THAT MATTER IS OUT.
HEY LET'S OPEN THE ROLE STARTING
WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR FILE
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS YOUR SEVENTY
TWO CURRENT VOTE TEN ZERO SURE
VOTING AYE BECKER AYE OCCUR AYE
MALIK CUEVAS. MOSTLY THIS HI
MARGRAVES I'VE WILL HARM. YES
WHAT BY THE FOOD IS THIRTEEN
ZERO THAT MATTER IS OUT NEXT
ITEM ITEM NUMBER TWO ASSEMBLY
MEMBER FRIEDMAN A. B. EIGHT
CURRENT VOTE IS TEN ZERO YOUR
VOTING I. BAKER. NIELLO OUR
GRAVEST MARCUS I. CURRENT VOTE
IS- LEVIN ZERO OF THAT MATTER IS
OUT. I REMEMBER THREE ASSEMBLY
MEMBER HANEY AB THREE SEVEN FOUR
CURRENT VOTE IS ELEVEN TO ONE.
WE SCHOOL RULE OCCUR OF THE.
FINAL VOTE ELEVEN TO ONE THAT
MATTER IS OUT. NEXT ITEM FILE
ITEM NUMBER FOUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER
AGUILAR CURRY EIGHTY FOUR TWENTY
CURRENT VOTE. NINE TO ONE SURE
VOTING- I THIS CALL ROLE BAKER
BAKER I. NIELLO SMALLWOOD CUEVAS
SMALLER CRITICIZED. CURRENT VOTE
ELEVEN TO ONE THAT MATTER IS OUT
. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER COULD HURT
EIGHTY SIX EIGHTY SEVEN CURRENT
VOTE ELEVEN TO ZERO SURE VOTING
I. BAKER I BAKER AYE MALIK
CREVICE. CURRENT VOTE TWELVE TO
ZERO THAT MATTER IS OUT. NEXT
ITEM ITEM NUMBER SIX ASSEMBLY
MEMBER COLORING A. B. ELEVEN
ELEVEN CURRENT VOTE. SEVEN TO
ONE SURE VOTING- NEVADA GIL
ASHBY. BAKER GLAZER. SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS SMALLER CRITICIZED. FINAL
VOTE EIGHT TO ONE THAT MATTER IS
OUT. FOR ITEM NUMBER IS SEVEN
EIGHT EIGHT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BAR QUE HAN A.
B. THIRTEEN SIXTY NINE. CURRENT
VOTE IS A TEN TO ONE YOUR VOTING
I OF OUR TO GAIL. WHAT. STAY
THERE BUT I THOUGHT WE WERE
DOING OTHER. HE SAID NOW SO I
GUESS I YOU CAN SAY NOW YEAH
YEAH. FINAL VOTE IS TEN TO ONE
THAT MATTER IS OUT. I REMEMBER
NINE ASSEMBLYMEMBER LACKEY A. B.
SIXTEEN SIXTEEN VOTE IS NINE TO
TWO SURE VOTING- I PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL. EGGMAN THE HOT. FINAL
VOTE NINETY TWO THAT MATTER IS
OUT.
THAT CONCLUDES THE MATTER- THE
MATTERS ON THE AGENDA OF THE
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS
PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT I WANT TO THANK THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COMPUTERS.
OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE ASSEMBLY
AND CRITICALLY I WANT TO THANK
OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THEIR
EFFICIENCY- IN MOVING THIS
HEARING FORWARD BUSINESSES
CONCLUDED THE SENATE BUSINESS
PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IS HEREBY
ADJOURNED.